Arutz Sheva - Israel National News has obtained an official document signed by the then-Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, granting Rabbi Shlomo Goren full rabbinic ordination.

Tomorrow, I’ll have a longer story about Rabbi Avi Weiss’ controversial ordination of three Orthodox women on Sunday. But in the meantime, check out the sample ordination certificate, or klaf, ...

The State Attorney’s office announced on Thursday that it was considering indicting former Sephardi chief Rabbi Bakshi Doron for his part in the affair known as the “rabbis case.” In November 2007, 10 ...

Since 1972, when the Reform movement ordained its first female rabbi, more than 700 others have joined her ranks in that denomination alone. But a surprise awaited them, though few seemed to notice: ...

Since 1972, when the Reform movement ordained its first female rabbi, more than 700 others have joined her ranks in that denomination alone. But a surprise awaited them, though few seemed to notice: ...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people become ministers through the Universal Life Church, a non-denominational religious organization that ordains anyone who wants (for free) and advocates for ...

JTA — Since 1972, when the Reform movement ordained its first female rabbi, more than 700 others have joined her ranks in that denomination alone. But a surprise awaited them, though few seemed to ...

Being ordained is no longer the preserve of priests and the holiest. In a sign of the cyber-heavy times, online ordination is booming thanks to the trend for marriages being officiated over by friends ...

An Israeli court on Monday found the country's former chief rabbi, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, guilty of a series of felonies including fraud over supplying false rabbinical ordination certificates. Doron, ...

The Buddhist Association of China announced on Monday that it has stripped the ordination certificate of Shi Yongxin as the abbot of the world-renowned Shaolin Temple is being investigated by multiple ...

On Friday, the Buddhist Association of China announced that it had revoked the Buddhist clergy certificate of Daolu, citing his involvement in suspected fraud under the guise of assisting pregnant ...