Israel’s rabbinical courts are funded by public money, hold power over the personal lives of millions — yet operate with zero transparency, zero female judges, and zero accountability.
In a new op-ed in The Jerusalem Post, Rackman Center, Head Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari calls out the rabbinical courts for what they are: an extra-territorial entity that the state built, funds, and keeps expanding — without demanding accountability in return.
The Rackman Center is demanding change: transparent appointments, real public oversight, and a woman appointed as Director-General of the Rabbinical Courts — not as a symbol, but as a basic requirement of any democratic institution.
Read: The rabbinate as an extra-territorial entity – opinion, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, The Jerusalem Post.
