Israeli Supreme Court Rules Elections for Chief Rabbi Must be Held by September 30

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On Thursday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the Elections Committee must set a date for new elections for the positions of Chief Rabbis, with the date being no later than September 30th.

Previously the government had failed to schedule elections for new Chief Rabbis after the terms for former Chief Rabbis HaRav David Lau and HaRav Yitzhak Yosef had ended. The current interim Chief Rabbis are HaRav Eliezer Igra and HaRav Yaakov Roza.

First postponed due to the date clashing with local elections, elections were then postponed following two rulings from Israel’s Supreme Court. In one ruling, the court decided that both Chief Rabbis could not be involved due to both having brothers running for the position. In a second ruling, the court instructed they “consider” appointing more women to the committee which votes for the Chief Rabbis.

In Thursday’s ruling, the court said that before the elections are held, the current substitute Chief Rabbis are required to complete the appointments to the voting committee, in accordance with the law.

{Matzav.com}

4 COMMENTS

  1. This Supreme Court makes a mockery of the term Supreme Court. There’s nothing they do which is supreme. They are awful people who see no right: only left, and more left and to the left of that!

    • And they were never appointed by anyone and remain for life!!!
      And they have the chutzpah to meddle in religious affairs and make term limits for Chief Rabbis.

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