Israel's Chief Rabbinate has become a hereditary monarchy - opinion

The position of chief rabbi, which has a ten-year tenure, has become a political tool and the province of members of a few elite families who monopolize it.

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)

ByRICHARD SHAVEI-TZION

AUGUST 9, 2023 02:06

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