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Establishment of Religious State Institutions: Chief Rabbinate and Religious Councils (1918–1960)

Establishment of Religious State Institutions: Chief Rabbinate and Religious Councils (1918–1960)

  1. British conquest reshapes Palestine’s governance

    Labels: British military, Palestine Mandate

  2. Anti-Zionist Edah HaChareidis is founded

    Labels: Edah HaChareidis, Ultra-Orthodox community

  3. Kook appointed Ashkenazi rabbi of Jerusalem

    Labels: Abraham Isaac, Ashkenazic rabbinate

  4. Elections select first Chief Rabbis of Palestine

    Labels: Chief Rabbinate, Rabbinical Council

  5. Ya’akov Meir’s tenure stabilizes the Sephardi rabbinate

    Labels: Yaakov Meir, Sephardi rabbinate

  6. Palestine Order-in-Council recognizes “Jewish Community” courts

    Labels: Palestine Order-in-Council, Religious courts

  7. Rabbi Kook’s death ends the first Ashkenazi chief rabbinate era

    Labels: Abraham Isaac, Ashkenazi rabbinate

  8. Herzog becomes Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine

    Labels: Yitzhak HaLevi, Ashkenazi Chief

  9. Uziel installed as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Palestine

    Labels: Ben-Zion Meir, Sephardi Chief

  10. Ben-Gurion’s “Status Quo” letter sets religion-state commitments

    Labels: David Ben-Gurion, Status Quo

  11. State of Israel established; Chief Rabbinate continues

    Labels: State of, Chief Rabbinate

  12. Ministry of Religious Services formed in the early state

    Labels: Ministry of, Israeli government

  13. Ministry becomes “Minister of Religions” in second government

    Labels: Minister of, Israeli cabinet

  14. Rabbinical Courts Jurisdiction Law enacted

    Labels: Rabbinical Courts

  15. Heichal Shlomo project begins as a new Chief Rabbinate center

    Labels: Heichal Shlomo, Chief Rabbinate

  16. Uziel dies; leadership transition in the state rabbinate

    Labels: Ben-Zion Meir, Sephardi rabbinate

  17. Yitzhak Nissim elected Sephardi Chief Rabbi

    Labels: Yitzhak Nissim, Sephardi Chief

  18. Heichal Shlomo completed, consolidating the Chief Rabbinate’s headquarters

    Labels: Heichal Shlomo, Chief Rabbinate

  19. Herzog dies, closing the Mandate-to-state continuity generation

    Labels: Yitzhak HaLevi, Ashkenazi Chief

  20. By 1960, state religious institutions are entrenched nationwide

    Labels: State religious, Religious councils