The Jewish religion currently includes the religious community and its religious institution, the Central Israeli Spiritual Council, which is the successor to the Board of Trustees of the synagogue of the Chief Rabbinate in the country, dealing with these activities in the years before World War II. The Central Israeli Spiritual Council is registered in accordance with the Law on Religious Denominations (Държавен вестник бр. 120/2002 г.) as a Jewish religious community, which has the status of a legal entity, with its own governing bodies and is subject to its laws and the regulations in Bulgaria that concern the freedom of worship and its protection.
The Jewish religion has local divisions of the Central Israeli Spiritual Council in settlements where Jews live. They are legal entities with headquarters in the respective cities and are registered under the procedure of Art. 19, para. 2 of the Religious Denominations Act. Every division is the local Spiritual Council. The chairpersons of these boards are part of the extended composition of the Central Israeli Spiritual Council.
The Central Israeli Spiritual Council is elected by the General Assembly for a four years term and each member can be re-elected for no more than two consecutive terms. According to the requirements of the Israeli religion, its members must be Jews who attend the prayer rituals or assist in the strengthening, development and dissemination of the Israeli spiritual values.
The Central Israeli Spiritual Council constitutes of eleven people, including the chairman. There is also an extended composition which includes all the chairmen of the local spiritual councils that is convened to a meeting at least once per year.
The Central Israeli Spiritual Council, as a legal entity, has the right to own movable and immovable property, to accept donations and wills in its favour, which do not contradict the norms of the Israeli religion and the laws in Bulgaria.
The Council takes care of the spiritual life of the Jewish community, manages the existing synagogues in both Sofia and Plovdiv and provides a number of services to its members.
The current chairman of the Central Israeli Spiritual Council is Maxim Delchev, elected in 2022, he is an ex officio member of the National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria. Mr Delchev is also an Educational Director in "Shalom – The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria.
