Uproar over bill intended to increase religious party's control over rabbinical establishment
The bill in question would effectively give the Chief Rabbinate power to elect these rabbis instead of the local authorities themselves.
ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)Updated: 
