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Israel’s state rabbinate – dividing Jew from Jew

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Published: 20 February 2016

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Israel’s militant rabbinical establishment wants to unJew you – Gershom Gorenberg – Haaretz 11.02.16
Supporters of Israel’s state rabbinate claim it protects the unity of the Jewish people. In fact, the rabbinate is engaged in a fanatic, unstinting quest to divide Jew from Jew… The best way to help Judaism flourish in Israel would be to free it from the rabbinate - at the very least, by ending its monopoly on Jewish marriage.
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