Opinion Israel’s Passover Law À La Saudi Arabia and Iran

Sex and the Jews: How the Rabbis Made It Up as They Went Along

How often should a camel-driver have sex? What about a sailor? The bible is rife with confusing references and the rabbis set out to regulate intercourse, not that they agreed on the details

Rabbis Send Healthy Women to Get Painful Fertility Treatments – and Doctors Go Along With It

More and more religious women are rejecting the strict interpretation of Jewish law that bars them from getting pregnant naturally

2020 Democratic Candidate Andrew Yang Takes a Stand Against Circumcision

Shortly after voicing criticism, Yang said he however supports 'the freedom of parents to adopt circumcision for any religious or cultural ritual as desired'

Editorial Is That a Sandwich in Your Bag?

The High Court of Justice is right - setting up separate areas in hospitals for those wanting to eat food that isn't kosher for Passover is a disproportionate, humiliating and unfeasible solution

Israel Allows non-Orthodox Groups to Bid for Projects on Jewish Identity

Ministry confirms that bids for the project, aimed at helping Jews identify with the values of Shabbat, is open to Conservative and Reform groups as well

Israeli Bus Company Ordered to Fire Employee for Refusing to Divorce Wife

The Jerusalem Rabbinical Court gave Egged 30 days to fire the abusive husband, who refuses to grant his wife a Jewish divorce

What Is the Jewish Afterlife Like?

From dark netherworld populated by ghosts to reincarnation to multiple souls: The Jewish concept of the afterlife has been to hell and back.

Israeli Rabbinate Accused of Using DNA Testing to Prove Jewishness

'It is really terrifying thinking where this could lead,' advocate warns. 'Judaism is not about race and blood, as our worst enemies have claimed'

Between Zionism and Hellenism: Amos Oz on the Meaning of Secular Judaism

Today marks 30 days since Amos Oz passed away. Haaretz is republishing here his text 'A full cart or an empty one,' an intellectual investigation of secular Jewish culture by one of Israel's greatest Hebrew writers

Jewish Journalist Announces Belgium Parliament Bid, Seeks Reversal of Slaughter Ban

Editor in chief of Belgium's largest Jewish newspaper, expected to be the country's first Orthodox lawmaker, 'decided to take the plunge' after ban on kosher slaughtering of animals went into effect

Editorial The Time Has Come for Civil Marriage in Israel

Growing number of Israeli couples who avoid the rabbinical establishment need an alternative that would guarantee their basic rights

Opinion Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked Is About as Secular as Rabbi Meir Kahane

The justice minister who is endeavoring to turn the Justice Ministry into an earthly yeshiva sees herself as secular?? Below is a quiz to help Ms. Shaked define herself more precisely

Israel Proposes Special Chametz Sections in Hospitals During Passover

After other options dismissed by either the state or the High Court, secular activists call the proposal a first step by Orthodox Jewish political forces toward turning Israel into a religious state

J’lem Rabbinical Court Court Gives Custody to Father Suspected of Sexual Assault on Kids

The court’s ruling went against the recommendation of welfare authorities in the city where the family lives to place the children with their mother

Man Who Spent 17 Years in Jail for Refusing to Grant Wife Divorce to Be Released

Gorodetzky’s wife recently went to a private rabbinic court that annulled the marriage and asked the Rabbinical Court to close the case against her husband

U.S. Conservative Rabbis Now Allowed to Attend Intermarriages

The ban on attending an intermarriage, which was instituted in 1972, was not enforced, although many rabbis said they heeded it

Rabbinical Court Deems Israeli Woman No Longer Jewish After Admitting She Was a Sex Worker

Haifa Rabbinical Court also fines woman for forging documents

In First, Israel Punishes Woman for Refusing to Grant Husband a Divorce

Education Ministry suspends Haifa teacher following rabbinical court ruling ■ Woman may face fines and incarceration after denying her spouse a divorce for eight years

Danish Parliament Committee Approves Draft Resolution to Ban Circumcision

The Socialist People’s Party and the far-left Red-Green Alliance are the only parties in favor of a ban, according to Danmarks Radio. Between them, they have 21 seats out of the parliament’s 179

In Unprecedented Move, Israel Indicts Husband for Refusing to Grant Wife Jewish Divorce

The man, who is now 61, has been in jail since 2000 for failing to grant his wife a 'get,' the bill of divorce required by Jewish religious law to finalize a divorce

Hundreds of Jewish Divorces in Israel Delayed Despite Rabbinical Judges Granting Them

More than 2,000 divorce cases before rabbinical courts were closed before the court ruled on them, Haaretz has learned: 'The court made it very difficult for me, tripping me up with every request'

In Exceptional Ruling, Rabbinical Court Fines Recalcitrant Husband's Father

'It appears that his actions stem from vengeance and from a hardened heart, drunk with power and pride. Let us be clear: The defendant is the real master of chains for this woman,' the judges wrote

What the Radicalization of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Community Looks Like From the Inside

In the ultra-Orthodox world, where women are still forced to sit in the back of the bus, the fight for female representation is dangerous. One activist explains her motivation

AG Warns: Without Reform, Chief Rabbinate Could Lose Kashrut Monopoly

Attorney general’s letter follows expiry of High Court ultimatum to change kashrut inspectors’ terms of employment due to possible conflict of interests

In First, Woman Tapped as Judicial Assistant in Israeli Rabbinic Court

The fight to allow women to serve in the role, considered to be among the most senior ones in the rabbinical court system, has been underway for more than a decade

Rabbi Detained for Performing non-Orthodox Weddings Is Suddenly in High Demand

Responding to growing solidarity after Dov Haiyun's interrogation by police, Conservative movements launch fundraising campaign

Protest Held Against Arrest of Conservative Rabbi Who Conducted 'Illegal' Wedding

Religious court-ordered detention 'harms the state, not me,' says Rabbi Dov Haiyun, at Haifa prayer protest. A-G tells police to wait to interrogate him for now

Number of Jews Visiting the Temple Mount Rising Fast, and So Is the Controversy

While a growing percentage of the religious Zionist community is finding numerous permits for doing so, some are opposed