What is the Rabbinate and how does it dictate what is and is not "Jewish" in Israel? Why do some Israelis feel increasingly alienated from the Rabbinate? And how does a state-funded domestic institution affect world Jewry?
Carrie and Aliza speak with Rabbi Seth Farber, who works to reform Israel's Rabbinate through his organization Itim, to understand how top-down organization of the Jewish religion affects life - spiritual and practical - for Jewish Israelis.