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High Court Petition Demands Funding for Reform Rabbis

by Betzalel Kahn

A woman "rabbi" and the Gezer Regional Council are petitioning the High Court to recognize Reform and Conservative "rabbis" in rural areas and urban neighborhoods, on an equal standing with the rabbonim who are recognized and authorized by the Chief Rabbinate.

Although both Reform and Conservative are tiny fringe movements in Eretz Yisroel, petitions they have filed to the High Court on issues such as conversion, Shabbos and the Kosel Maarovi have managed to shock the country time after time.

In this latest petition the Reform Movement and the Gezer Regional Council claim that at Kibbutz Gezer a woman serves as rabbi, Rachmono litzlan, and state regulations do not allow Reform and Conservative rabbis to benefit from the same terms Orthodox rabbis receive.

The petitioners claim that the 16 rabbonim serving in the Gezer Regional Council enjoy the same terms and privileges accorded to all other rabbonim in the country while the kibbutz' Reform rabbi is discriminated against.

According to the petitioners, giving funding preference to Orthodox religious services and intentionally disregarding Reform and Conservative services is a "patently illegitimate and illegal form of preference for the Orthodox stream and discrimination against other bodies."

 

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