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Rabbinic Authority

The mikveh belongs to the women of Israel, not to those who yell at them – opinion
Podcast: Is the Rabbinate Protecting Torah… or Protecting Itself? Rabbi Seth Farber on the Women’s Exam Controversy, Power, and the Future of Religious Authority in Israel
A day of reckoning and renewal at the Rabbinate
Dignity and perseverance: How 3 women finally took the Chief Rabbinate exam
Israel must welcome all Jews, not only those who fit a narrow mold – opinion
Stop cannibalizing the Kotel
Israel’s conversion crisis is becoming an aliyah crisis – opinion
Fighting to preserve Jewish religious freedom—in the State of Israel
Featured Post Faith can’t be forced: The dangers of coerced Judaism
Rabbi Seth Farber: Religious establishment needs change, in accordance to Halacha
Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system – opinion
Rabbinical court chaos leaves Israelis trapped in a broken system – opinion
Israel’s most visible rabbinic defenders are not recognized as rabbis by the Jewish state – opinion
Breaking the mold: A historic opportunity for the chief rabbis to revitalize Judaism – opinion
Nepotism, Greed, Power, and Politics: The Tragic Self-Inflicted Fate of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate
The Chief Rabbinate office is rife with nepotism, affecting Israeli society – opinion
Nepotism at work: The committee to appoint rabbinical judges
Israel’s extreme religious Zionists don’t recognize the value of women – opinion
All citizens of Israel should be allowed to marry – opinion
The slippery slope toward a monolithic Judaism
Podcast: “The Chief Rabbinate’s policies have no precedent in Jewish law”
The irony of Jewish conversion in Israel – opinion
Where was the Chief Rabbinate? Definitely not in Colleyville
Gov’t optimistically embracing conversion reform – opinion
Crisis and Opportunity in the Israeli Rabbinate
Israeli state rabbi spreads racism in the name of Judaism – opinion
To Israel, converts are still just a political football
Who is a Jew in the Jewish State?
The New York Times – Fighting for Judaism in the Jewish State
Tisha B’Av: Taking Responsibility for the Jewish Future
Don’t Let Israel’s Ignorant, Politicized Rabbinate Bully Jews Abroad
The State Comptroller’s Report and Religious Services
Who’s a Jew? Who Decides?
The Soviet Jewry Struggle Remains in Israel
Big Brother and the Rabbinate
The Chief Rabbinate’s Blacklist isn’t Defending Judaism. It’s Undermining it
Women, the Knesset, and autonomy at the mikveh
The Anti-Conversion Bill and the Status Quo
A Jewish Registry?
The Danger of the Chief Rabbinate’s Databases
Conversion — Not Bar Mitzvah — for Non-Jews
Jews by Choice Must be Made to Feel Welcome in their Homeland
The Call for Women to Serve on Religious Councils
Conversion Crisis Goes Beyond Rabbi Lookstein
Israeli Supreme Court Rules in Favor of the Jewish People
Why Sue the Rabbinate?
The Chief Rabbinate Can Keep Pretending, We Can’t.
Its Time for the Rabbis to Defer to Women
The Conversion Bill: Opinion
The Real Reason Intermarriage is Bad for the Jews
Symposium: Can Religious Pluralism and an Official Rabbinate Coexist in Israel?
The Truth about the Conversion Bill
Time to Stand Up to the Rabbinate
Religious Freedoms Could Expand in New Coalition
Those Lawless Local Rabbis
Another Peace Process: Judaism in Israel vs. Judaism in America
Shas’ Cynical Use of Conversion Shows Why Israel Needs to Divorce Politics and Religion
The New Conversion Law is a Joke

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