The Johannesburg Beth Din
The Johannesburg Beth Din is the Beth Din of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa it serves Jews throughout South Africa, and other countries on the continent.
The focus of Beth Din is on areas of family law, divorce and conversion, as well as adjudication of financial disputes. Other areas supervised by the Beth Din are: Circumcision, Stam, Mikvaot and Eruvin.
In 2004, the High Court of South Africa upheld a cherem against a Johannesburg businessman because he refused to pay his former wife alimony as ordered by The Johannesburg Beth Din. The case, because of its potential implications with regard to the interaction of religious and state law, elicited global interest.Current members of the Beth Din are:
- Dayan Moshe Kurtstag
- Dayan Baruch Rapoport
- Dayan Zadok Suchard
- Dayan Dovid Baddiel
- Dayan Yoel Smith
- Dayan Shlomo Glicksberg
- Director - Dayan Anton Klein
Former Dayanim
Former members of the Beth Din include:
- Dayan Yitzchak Kossowsky
- Dayan Michel Kossowsky
- Dayan I Aloy
- Dayan Yisrael Soloveitchik
- Dayan Dr Dennis Isaacs
- Dayan A H Lapin
- Dayan Shlomo Rosenzweig
