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The body responsible for the rabbinical courts is the administration of the rabbinical courts. At the head of the rabbinical court system is the Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem, headed by one of the two chief rabbis of Israel. Since 2013, the Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals is headed by Rabbi David Lau, who also serves as ...
The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union (OU). It is the main professional rabbinical association within Modern Orthodox in the United States.
Pages in category "Jewish organizations based in the United States" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Beth Din of America is a Beth Din (Court of Jewish Law) which serves Jews throughout the United States of America as a forum for arbitrating disputes through the din torah process, obtaining Jewish divorces, and confirming Jewish personal status issues. [1] It was founded in 1960 and reconstituted in 1994. [2]
The Jewish religious courts are known as rabbinical courts. Their judges, known as dayanim, are selected by a committee headed by the Minister of Justice. There are twelve regional rabbinic courts, a special conversion court, and the Great Rabbinical Court which acts as an appellate court.
Since 2013, Rabbi Yona Reiss has been the Av Beit Din. Rabbi Sholem Fishbane is the Director of Kashrus for the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc), as well as the Executive Director of the Associated Kashrus Organizations (AKO), an umbrella group of major kosher-certifying agencies. [1] The cRc maintains a list of "Acceptable Kashrus Agencies". [2]
A Badatz (Hebrew: בד״ץ plural batei din) is a major Jewish beth din (rabbinical court). The term is a modern one, and is an acronym for beit din tzedek ("court of Justice"). In Israel, the term Badatz is often used to refer to the Badatz of the Edah HaChareidis ; however, it is not the title of this group, and other batei din use the title ...
List of Jewish communities by country, including synagogues, organizations, yeshivas and congregations. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( December 2014 )