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Chief Rabbinate Holds Women’s Exams After Court Order Delay

4/28/2026

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The Chief Rabbinate gave the exams to three women at about 3 p.m. on Monday after a four-hour wait, despite a court order.
Israel’s High Court ruled last year that women cannot be excluded from the Rabbinate exams, but the Rabbinate placed them at a separate venue, citing disturbance concerns, which petitioners said violated the court’s identical-conditions rule.
ITIM founder Rabbi Seth Farber called the delay an embarrassing moral failure.

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The Chief Rabbinate gave the exams to three women at about 3 p.m. on Monday after a four-hour wait, despite a court order.
Israel’s High Court ruled last year that women cannot be excluded from the Rabbinate exams, but the Rabbinate placed them at a separate venue, citing disturbance concerns, which petitioners said violated the court’s identical-conditions rule.
ITIM founder Rabbi Seth Farber called the delay an embarrassing moral failure.