Chief Rabbi David Lau on Modern Issues in the Rabbinate

In this news clip (06:24) from i24NEWS, hear from Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi, Rabbi David Lau, about issues facing the rabbinate today. Israel’s population is diverse and questions of where and how religion and state should intersect cause deep-seated tension. The rabbinate is currently responsible for all marriages, divorces, and conversions, but many are fighting to change that. Should prayer laws at the Western Law follow Orthodox laws only, since this is a religious site, or should egalitarian services also be permitted? Hear a religious perspective to this an other hotly contested questions here.