The new invention allows a Torah scroll to be safely and respectfully carried into the field and can quickly convert into a ...

Col. Avihud Schwartz, head of the IDF rabbinate’s department of Jewish law, during a meeting of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women. “The decision not to actively offer soldiers ...

Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel, has written an open letter to demand that Pope Francis change his statements regarding the war in Gaza. "Dear Pope ...

(JTA) — The Israeli Chief Rabbinate says that its list of foreign rabbis has been misconstrued, and that the list does not imply that those rabbis cannot be trusted to vouch for the Jewish ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — In 2012, Rabbi Jason Herman wrote a letter to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate certifying that a friend of his who wished to get married was Jewish and single. The letter was declared ...

A new course for English speakers by Machon Lemaan Yilmedu is intended for community rabbis, shluchim, or those who intend on going on shlichus and leading a community and recognized by the Chief ...

Lawmakers voted 55-47 on Monday afternoon to approve the first reading of a bill extending the terms of the members of the ...

Haleva was injured in the bomb attack in 2003 which targeted two synagogues in Istanbul. In a statement published on the passing of Haleva, the Turkish Chief Rabbinate Foundation stated: “We are ...