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New reforms look to chip away Israeli chief rabbis’ power

Avraham Hayun, a representative of Israel's chief rabbinate, supervises kosher food standards at a restaurant in Herzliya, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country's chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) Avraham Hayun, a representative of Israel's chief rabbinate, supervises kosher food standards at a restaurant in Herzliya, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country's chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) Religious Jewish youth wave Israeli flags during a protest against religious reforms, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country's chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Yitzhak Yosef the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, center, attends in a protest against religious reforms, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country's chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Religious Jews protest against religious reforms, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country's chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Religious Jewish youth wave Israeli flags during a protest against religious reforms, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country's chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)