Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi David Lau called on the Tzohar rabbinical organization, Monday evening, to work together with the Chief Rabbinate. Appearing before the Tzohar council, he said unity among rabbis is an important step to unity among the people.
Against the backdrop of Tzohar's high-profile fight against local rabbinical control of weddings and marriage, Rabbi Lau announced that the Chief Rabbinate has taken a number of steps to remove bureacracy from the marriage process.