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  • How to bring 21% of Haredi households out of poverty
    Written by on 10/08/2017
    We turn back to addressing one of the key manifestations of the unholy link between religion and the economy. This time, it follows on the publication of a review by the Ministry of Finance's Chief Economist department, according to which increasing participation in the workforce among ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs will reduce the poverty level in Israel by 21%.

  • 73% Israeli Jews support the use of public transportation on Shabbat
    Written by on 09/08/2017
    At a Knesset hearing, Hiddush presented a recent public opinion survey measuring the extent of support among Israeli Jews for public transportation on Shabbat. According to the findings, 73% of the Jewish public supports partial or full availability of public transportation on Shabbat.

  • 73% Israeli Jews support the use of public transportation on Shabbat
    Written by on 09/08/2017
    At a Knesset hearing, Hiddush presented a recent public opinion survey measuring the extent of support among Israeli Jews for public transportation on Shabbat. According to the findings, 73% of the Jewish public supports partial or full availability of public transportation on Shabbat.

  • 67% of Jewish Israelis support freedom of choice in marriage
    Written by on 07/08/2017
    50% of the Jewish Israeli public prefers non-Orthodox marriage. A growing majority of the Jewish public is fed up with and rejects the Israeli government's position and wants Israel to join all other Western democracies in establishing marriage freedom.

  • 67% of Jewish Israelis support freedom of choice in marriage
    Written by on 07/08/2017
    50% of the Jewish Israeli public prefers non-Orthodox marriage. A growing majority of the Jewish public is fed up with and rejects the Israeli government's position and wants Israel to join all other Western democracies in establishing marriage freedom.

  • Jerusalem Pride March Is a YES Vote on Hope, but This Chief Rabbi Just Voted a Crude NO
    Written by on 01/08/2017
    In the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday, thousands of brave people will march for pride and tolerance. In a season marked by tragedy and darkness, they will be casting a Yes vote on hope. And the future.

  • Labor Chair Gabbay: Recognize Reform conversions!
    Written by on 27/07/2017
    This week Shas leader and Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri turned to Israel's Attorney General, demanding that the mandatory guidelines regarding the exclusion of women in the public sphere be suspended and reconsidered.

  • Does Shas leader Aryeh Deri promote religious freedom?
    Written by Uri Regev on 27/07/2017
    This week Shas leader and Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri turned to Israel's Attorney General, demanding that the mandatory guidelines regarding the exclusion of women in the public sphere be suspended and reconsidered.

  • Labor Party Chairman: Accept Reform Conversions!
    Written by on 27/07/2017
    Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Avi Gabbay has come out strongly in favor of religious freedom on issues ranging from education, to public transportation on Shabbat, and to marriage & divorce. More recently, he's expressed support for the official state recognition of Reform conversions.

  • Don’t Hold Your Breath
    Written by on 24/07/2017
    The long waited, long delayed, state of Israel’s response to the combined lawsuits of Women of the Wall, the Masorti and Reform movements and other women’s groups was finally given to the Supreme Court on July 17 and it was no surprise.

  • The Chief Rabbinate's Black List - How to respond
    Written by on 13/07/2017
    Newly elected Labor party leader Avi Gabbay has made the following public declarations on freedom of marriage, religionization, and public transportation on Shabbat. Will his Labor party finally take a stand?

  • The Chief Rabbinate's recently divulged "blacklist"
    Written by on 13/07/2017
    If the Israeli government's recent suspension of the Kotel compromise and push for a restrictive conversion bill were not enough, Israel and the Jewish world woke up this week to yet a newly leaked "blacklist" created by Israel's Chief Rabbinate.

  • The Israel I support
    Written by on 12/07/2017
    Speak out and vote with your wallets. Don’t boycott us, because that will only make the extremists on all sides that much stronger. Support us by giving to organizations that support a just and equal Israel for all her holy people, such as Hiddush

  • Divisions grip Israel as PM scraps Western Wall deal
    Written by on 04/07/2017
    Divisions have surfaced between pro-Israeli groups and the Tel Aviv regime after Premier Benjamin Netanyahu submitted to pressure by his ultra-Orthodox allies in the cabinet and suspended a deal allowing men and women to pray together in front of the so-called Western Wall in Jerusalem al-Quds’ Old City.

  • New study reveals how secular Israelis have eroded the religious status quo
    Written by on 04/07/2017
    A review of media coverage in Israel leaves the impression that, when it comes to the fragile duality of Israel’s identity as both a democratic and Jewish state, the Jewish character of the country has the upper hand. But is that really the case?

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