Hiddush News, October-December 2016
The Religion and State Index, a poll produced by Ynet and Hiddush, shows that most Israeli citizens like Jewish tradition but prefer to keep it as a choice rather than imposing it.
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The budgets for erecting religious buildings, the provision of religious services and the construction of cemeteries more than doubled.
As tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims converge on the Holy Land, this week, to celebrate the birth of Jesus, senior Israeli rabbis have announced a war on the Christmas tree.
Jerusalem hotels receive warning letter noting that Jewish religious law forbids Christmas trees and new year's parties.
At the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, the school’s community rabbi said Jews should avoid the student union hall after a Christmas tree was placed there for the benefit of Christian students.
Administrators at the Technion, a public research university in Haifa, are rushing to defend the presence of a Christmas tree in the campus’ student union building.
Ultra-Orthodox hint that their religious sensibilities should be considered, as Israeli Jews flock to Christian Arab celebrations of holiday season.
In a letter to hotel managers, Jerusalem’s two chief rabbis have requested that Christmas trees not be displayed in the city’s hotels on the basis of Jewish law.
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate says the city’s directive, which also takes aim at New Year’s parties, is a ‘private initiative’
Six years ago, Knesset passed law permitting civil unions for citizens without a recognized religion; rather than open the floodgates to civil marriage, the law has stagnated; some 300,000 Israelis have 'no religious affiliation' and are thus barred from marrying inside the country.
Destination weddings abroad are almost unheard of in Israel, where weddings are all about family and community. And what better place to celebrate Jewish continuity than the Jewish homeland?
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate committed to creating standards for recognizing which Diaspora rabbis it trusts to handle Jewish conversions.
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate committed to creating standards for recognizing which Diaspora rabbis it trusts to handle Jewish conversions.
Uri Regev is hopeful that in the future, invitees to such events will demonstrate greater self-respect and care for the values of democracy and equality.
Rabbi Uri Regev wants you to think about freedom of religion in ways you might not have thought about it before.
Hiddush issued a statement calling to boycott the Hamodia Economic Conference as the conference is for men only. Following is Hiddush’s statement to the media.
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