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MAJORITY OF ISRAELIS SUPPORT TERM LIMITS FOR OFFICIALLY APPOINTED RABBIS -
SURVEY


OVER HALF (55%) OF ISRAELI JEWS HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY HAVE AN OFFICIAL RABBI IN
THEIR LOCAL AUTHORITY, BUT OVER HALF (51%) STILL SUPPORT APPOINTING THEM.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Published: JANUARY 3, 2022 09:20

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system
(photo credit: CHIEF RABBINATE)
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A majority of Jewish Israelis support establishing term limits for official
rabbis appointed to local authorities in Israel to just five years, according to
a new survey released by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI).

The study found 61% of Jewish Israelis had an opinion on term limits, with 78%
of these respondents being in favor of it. The majority of these Israelis also
thought that the best term limit would be five years and respondents were split
on if these rabbis could be reappointed.

Haredi respondents were most likely to oppose these limits, with a small
majority (53%) being against it. Among religious zionists, however, 60% were in
favor. Secular Israelis had only a very small minority opposing these term
limits.


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These views were also split among political party support. A majority (74%) of
Yamina supporters, for example, were in favor of term limits, as were 52% of
Religious Zionist Party voters and, interestingly, 50% of Shas voters. 

The average period of tenure of a municipal chief rabbi is three decades, the
average age of municipal chief rabbis is over the age of retirement, and all
serve without term limits until at least the age of 75, and in numerous cases
beyond.
THE TEL AVIV Rabbinate offices. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

The longest-serving municipal chief rabbi has held his office for the last 64
years, two municipal chief rabbis are 90 or older, seven are over 80, and one
has a criminal conviction for witness tampering.

The study also found that only a little over a quarter (27%) of Israeli Jews
even knew if they had a local rabbi. Around a third (32%) knew they did, but
didn't know their name.

Since not all local authorities have an official rabbi, the IDI cross-referenced
official data. This revealed that overall, 55% of Israeli Jews don't know if
they have a rabbi or not since some mistakenly said they did when, in fact, they
did not.


Despite this, over half (51%) of Israeli Jews are in favor of appointing local
rabbis.

Of the respondents, haredi Jews were far more likely to be aware of their local
official rabbi.

These findings come ahead of an anticipated Knesset discussion Monday focusing
on the state of religious services in Israel, and come following the push by
Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana to institute religious reforms.

Jeremy Sharon contributed to this report.



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