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Case: HCJ 6483/17, Mizrahi et. al v. High Rabbinic Court
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When immigrants were appearing before the rabbinic courts to ask for permission to marry, the rabbinic judges would require proof of their Jewish status. If the judges decided that they were not Jewish, they would “blacklist” both the applicant as well as the applicant’s family members as non-Jews who were not permitted to marry fellow Jews in Israel.
In 2017, CWJ joined an ITIM petition asking the Supreme Court to declare that rabbinic courts have no jurisdiction to adjudicate the Jewish status of relatives/third parties of persons who appear before the rabbinic court.
The Court directed the rabbinic courts to amend the Jewish Roots regulations so as to limit the circumstances under which the rabbinic court can make any determination regarding third-parties.
In 2020, the Court dismissed the petition after the rabbinic court drafted new regulations.