One of Israel’s two chief rabbis said he would not recognize conversions performed by municipal rabbis despite a government directive validating them. A recording of Yitzhak Yosef vowing to block the ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau said he recognizes conversions performed by the prominent American Orthodox Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. A rabbinical court in the central Israel city of ...

Chief Rabbi David Lau paid a surprise visit Sunday to a conversion court in the southern city of Kiryat Gat. During the visit the Chief Rabbi met the conversion judges, was impressed by the hearings ...

The latest release of emails connected to the child sex trafficker gives a fuller picture of his extensive communal ...

(RNS) — Just in time for the Jewish new year, which began last week, Israel elected a new Sephardic chief rabbi, but voting for the Ashkenazi one remains mired in controversy. The appointment comes ...