Deputy Chief Rabbi Yehuda Avidan Urged to Strengthen Public Trust by Keeping Rabbinate Above Politics
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · 1 day ago
What happened
Yehuda Avidan has been appointed acting CEO of Israel's Chief Rabbinate, with calls to keep the institution above politics to restore public trust. Rabbi Shmuel Sasson praised the recent kosher law as a model of professional leadership and urged reforms in rabbinical appointments to ensure merit-based, inclusive representation. The goal is a unified rabbinate serving all Israeli communities beyond political divisions.
- 01Yehuda Avidan appointed acting CEO of Israel's Chief Rabbinate to strengthen public trust.
- 02Recent kosher certification law cited as example of depoliticized, professional leadership.
- 03Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook warned against rabbinate's involvement in partisan politics over 100 years ago.
- 04Calls to reform rabbinical appointments to be merit-based and inclusive of all Jewish sectors.
- 05Religious Zionist community seeks greater representation in rabbinate leadership and decisions.
- 06Efforts aim to unify the rabbinate as a national spiritual authority above political factions.
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