Rabbi David Stav is angered over the decision that the selection committee appointing the chief rabbi of a city or community will contain additional representatives from the Ministry of Religious Services and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Rav Stav, who heads the Tzohar Rabbinical organization. Stav feels that this will leave the decision-making practice in the hands of chareidi askanim instead of residents having a say in the appointment.

Rabbi Stav explains the decision simply means the residents of a city have nothing to say and the “chareidi askanim” will decide who a new rabbi will be.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)