2013 Israeli chief rabbi elections

Elections for the chief rabbis of Israel 2013 07 24 yes Israel current flag no 2024 2003 2024 Israeli chief rabbi elections Sefardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Shmuel Eliyahu Zion Buaron he ציון בוארון Yitzhak Yosef (42) (cropped).JPG Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.jpg 68 49 28 Yitzhak Yosef 2003 Israeli chief rabbi elections x123px x123px הרב-בוארון 02.gif x123px 2013 07 24 yes Israel current flag no 2024 2003 2024 Israeli chief rabbi elections Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau David Stav Yaakov Shapira David Lau 1.JPG David Stav.PNG 68 54 25 David Lau 2003 Israeli chief rabbi elections ישיבת מרכז הרב 2009 6 7 22 33 24.jpg x123px x123px x123px Elections for the positions of Chief Rabbis of Israel were held at the Leonardo Hotel in Jerusalem on 24 July 2013.Israeli officials vote on new chief rabbis, after fierce campaign https://www.jpost.com/national-news/fierce-campaign-set-to-conclude-with-election-of-chief-rabbis-320865 2020-08-07 The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com The elections were to elect the chief rabbis for the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities. Background The position of chief rabbi is a position that places the winning candidate at the head of the state religious infrastructure. This includes kosher certification, all Jewish marriages and deaths in Israel.Newman Marissa Bachner Michael High Court petition seeks to decriminalize marriages outside rabbinate https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-hears-petition-by-israeli-couple-kept-in-marital-limbo-by-rabbinate/ 2020-08-07 The Times of Israel en-US 0040-7909staff T. O. I. Rabbinate gains power to indict businesses with private kashrut certification https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbinate-gains-power-to-indict-businesses-with-private-kashrut-certification/ 2020-08-07 The Times of Israel en-US 0040-7909 They also have significant influence over the question of who is a Jew.Most Israelis don't want Chief Rabbinate deciding for them who is a Jew, survey finds https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2019-06-04/ty-article/.premium/most-israelis-dont-want-the-rabbinate-deciding-for-them-who-is-a-jew/0000017f-f5ed-d318-afff-f7ef14080000 2020-08-07 Haaretz en The position is for a 10-year term, with incumbents unable to run for reelection. As such the incumbents Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar were unable to be candidates. The elections were conducted at the Leonardo Hotel, with 150 eligible voters. These were made up by 80 rabbis representing the religious councils, and 70 other people representing the government, Knesset and local authorities.Haredim Yosef and Lau elected chief rabbis of Israel https://www.jpost.com/national-news/rabbi-david-lau-voted-ashkenazi-chief-rabbi-rabbi-yitzhak-yosef-voted-sephardi-chief-rabbi-320928 2020-08-07 The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com There was a push to include 40 women in this group, but at the election there was only 10 women voting.Analysis: The Elections for the Chief Rabbinate https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13605 2020-08-07 Israel National News 26 July 2013 en Candidates There were a number of candidates for each position. This represented a divide between the ultra Orthodox and Zionist communities. There were 4 sons of former chief rabbis standing for elections, David Lau son of Yisrael Meir, Yaakov Shapira son of Avraham, Yitzhak Yosef son of Ovadia and Shmuel Eliyahu son of Mordechai.2013-07-17 Candidates submitted for Israel's chief rabbis https://www.jta.org/2013/07/17/israel/candidates-submitted-for-israels-chief-rabbis 2020-08-07 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-US There was a legal effort to have Eliyahu eliminated from the elections due to racist and extremist views. Yehuda Deri, who is the brother of minister Aryeh and related to former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar was also a candidate. The other major candidates were David Stav who is the head of the Tzohar organization and a voice to fundamentally restructure the Rabbinate, and Zion Boaron. Results Only 147 of the 150 eligible voters turned up to vote. David Lau and Yitzchak Yosef were the successful candidates, both getting 68 votes after the non Haredi vote was split. The results were as follows: +Sefardi Chief RabbiCandidateVotesYitzhak Yosef68Shmuel Eliyahu49Zion Boaron28Unknown2Total147 +Ashkenazi chief rabbiCandidateVotesDavid Lau68David Stav54Yaakov Shapira25Total147 References Category:2013 elections in Israel Category:Chief rabbis of Israel Category:Rabbinical organizations Category:July 2013 in Israel Category:Religious elections