Knesset Passes Rabbinic Courts Law, Restoring Jurisdiction Over Arbitrated Monetary Matters

Knesset passes law expanding religious courts' authority over civil matters

The new law lets religious courts rule on certain civil disputes if both parties consent, raising concerns about unequal bargaining power and potential threats to women's rights, while most opposition leaders vowed to repeal it once back in government

Knesset Passes Rabbinic Courts Law, Restoring Jurisdiction Over Arbitrated Monetary Matters

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Nearly 20 years ago, on the 8th of Nisan 5766, a ruling by the High Court of Justice cancelled the authority of rabbinic courts to conduct civil monetary disputes according to Jewish law. The justices prohibited rabbinical courts from adjudicating monetary matters even when both parties fully agreed to uphold Jewish law […]

Knesset restores right of rabbinic courts to adjudicate civil cases

Knesset passes bill expanding authority of religious courts, empowering them to rule in civil disputes after Supreme Court barred them from doing so. By World Israel News Staff The Knesset on Monday passed legislation granting rabbinical courts expanded authority to arbitrate civil disputes, marking a significant development in the country’s legal system and sparking both praise and criticism. The bill, which was passed in its second and third r…

Arbitration Law Approved: Jewish courts regain power to rule on monetary disputes

The Knesset approved a law restoring the rabbinical courts' authority to adjudicate monetary matters by mutual consent of the parties.

Rabbinical, Sharia courts to be allowed to arbitrate civil disputes, Knesset decides

The Knesset passed the bill expanding the powers of religious courts, such as a rabbinical or Sharia court, in its second and third reading.