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  • More and More Israelis want Clear Religion – State Demarcation
    Written by on 24/09/2017
    The portion of the Israeli public that wants to see religion and state clearly separated is already a clear majority and continues to grow rapidly according to a new Religion & State Index released by Hiddush, a non-governmental organization that advocates the separation.

  • Rosh HaShana sermon 5778: Being a Good Jew
    Written by on 21/09/2017
    Most of us were born after the rise of a Jewish State, and can't imagine life otherwise. But some people consider it God's miracle.

  • Shana Tova from Hiddush
    Written by on 19/09/2017
    This has been a very productive week for Hiddush on two fronts: The 2017 Israel Religion & State Index, and the Vision State for a Jewish democratic statement, written by Rabbis Marc Angel and Uri Regev.

  • Israel Religion & State Index 2017
    Written by on 18/09/2017
    65% of the Jewish Israeli public supports granting equal official status to the three largest streams of world Jewry. A majority supports the involvement of Diaspora Jewry in promoting freedom of religion and equality in Israel. 65% of the Jewish Israeli public believes that the Nation-State Bill should anchor the guarantee of freedom of religion and conscience in law.

  • Israel Religion & State Index 2017
    Written by on 18/09/2017
    65% of the Jewish Israeli public supports granting equal official status to the three largest streams of world Jewry. A majority supports the involvement of Diaspora Jewry in promoting freedom of religion and equality in Israel. 65% of the Jewish Israeli public believes that the Nation-State Bill should anchor the guarantee of freedom of religion and conscience in law.

  • Mayim Bialik, Michael Douglas join call for religious freedom in Israel
    Written by on 15/09/2017
    Statement signed by dozens of rabbis, leaders and celebrities across religious spectrum urges Israeli reforms, including for civil marriage and gender equality at holy sites

  • Mayim Bialik And Michael Douglas Join Israel Pluralism Push
    Written by on 15/09/2017
    Dozens of rabbis and community leaders across Judaism’s religious spectrum signed a statement calling for sweeping reforms to Israel’s official religious establishment and its policies.

  • Petition to allow public transportation on Saturday retracted
    Written by on 12/09/2017
    Supreme Court Justice Melcer told the petitioners that they might have good argument if they had a transportation operator,

  • High Court Rejects Meretz, Reform Petition to Compel Public Transportation on Shabbat
    Written by on 12/09/2017
    MK Tamar Sandberg (Meretz), the Reform Movement, the Hiddush Association and the Free Israel Movement, on Monday deleted their petition to the Supreme Court to compel the state to operate public transportation on Shabbat

  • High Court deletes Sabbath public transport petition
    Written by on 11/09/2017
    The Justices felt that it was inappropriate to hear the case without a bus operator among the petitioners.

  • The Bitter Taste of Victory - by Rabbi Pamela Frydman
    Written by on 07/09/2017
    On August 31st, the Israeli Supreme Court took up a matter brought by Hiddush, Women of the Wall and the Reform and Conservative Movements. The issue at hand is whether to require the government to adhere to, and implement, the Kotel agreement.

  • This week: just the latest in religious discrimination
    Written by Uri Regev on 07/09/2017
    Next week, Hiddush's annual Israel Religion & State Index will be published, and it will become clear just how much the gap between the public's will and the policies of Israel's elected official's has increased.

  • Court orders Govt to reconsider the Kotel "freeze"
    Written by on 07/09/2017
    On August 31st, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled on a matter brought by the Reform and Conservative Movements, Women of the Wall, Hiddush and Yisrael Hofshit regarding whether to require the government to adhere to the Kotel agreement.

  • ‘Game Of Chicken’ On Kotel Deal
    Written by on 07/09/2017
    Despite high court’s deadline, few expect egalitarian prayer pact to be implemented anytime soon.

  • Former chief rabbi calls Reform Jews worse than Holocaust deniers
    Written by on 06/09/2017
    The chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar, called Reform Jews worse than Holocaust deniers because they reject traditional Jewish law.

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