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  • Israel Faces Uproar Abroad as Netanyahu Yields to Ultra-Orthodox Jews
    Written by on 03/07/2017
    The president of the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbying group flew to Israel for an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while other Jewish leaders canceled a dinner with him.

  • Hundreds protest Western Wall backtrack in Jerusalem
    Written by on 01/07/2017
    Demonstration comes following cabinet decision to freeze deal which would have formalized pluralistic prayer area at holy site

  • American Jews plan campaign to change Israeli minds about Judaism’s diversity
    Written by on 30/06/2017
    American Jewish leaders, outraged by a recent Israeli government decision to abandon an agreement to create a pluralistic, state-funded prayer space at the Western Wall, plan to plead their case directly to the Israeli public.

  • 2/3 Israelis oppose government's Kotel decision
    Written by on 30/06/2017
    If you weren't on Mars this week, there is high likelihood that you are aware of the fierce storms engulfing Israel and world Jewry under the blazing summer sun. Every self-respecting Jewish organization issued a statement, and the language ranged from dismay to deplore, although most were lacking when it came to taking action.

  • Two-thirds Israelis oppose government Kotel and Conversion decisions
    Written by on 29/06/2017
    These Hiddush survey findings prove how far the government has swerved away from the public will and the needs of the State of Israel. Instead, the government leaders act as puppets whose strings are being pulled by the anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox political parties.

  • Most Israeli Jews back liberal streams on Western Wall, conversion
    Written by on 29/06/2017
    Nearly two-thirds of Israeli Jews are opposed to the government’s cancellation on Sunday of the Western Wall agreement between the state of Israel and the liberal Jewish streams.

  • Two-thirds Israelis oppose government Kotel and Conversion decisions
    Written by on 29/06/2017
    These Hiddush survey findings prove how far the government has swerved away from the public will and the needs of the State of Israel. Instead, the government leaders act as puppets whose strings are being pulled by the anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox political parties.

  • Politicians who degrade the Diaspora shouldn't seek support in its communities
    Written by Uri Regev on 29/06/2017
    If you weren't on Mars this week, there is high likelihood that you are aware of the fierce storms engulfing Israel and world Jewry under the blazing summer sun. Every self-respecting Jewish organization issued a statement, and the language ranged from dismay to deplore, although most were lacking when it came to taking action.

  • Clergy respond to the Kotel controversy
    Written by on 27/06/2017
    We have seen the selling out of the Jewish people for crass political power. However, it isn’t usually done by a prime minister of Israel to Jews around the world. Benjamin Netanyahu’s crass political move to renege on the compromise reached with the Reform and Conservative Movements and Women of the Wall on appropriate egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel is alarming and shameful.

  • Three battle fronts: The Kotel, Conversion, and Shabbat
    Written by Uri Regev on 26/06/2017
    Israel's religion and state conflict is viewed as a key component of shaping Israel's path. Recent days have provided us with a good cross section of the scope, depth, motivations, impact, and potential consequences of this ongoing saga.

  • Secular military funerals permitted for first time ever
    Written by on 25/06/2017
    Following Hiddush's demands: the IDF regulations regarding the burial of fallen soldiers have been changed. It is now possible to hold a military funeral without religious contents in a military cemetery and - secular military funerals in civil cemeteries.

  • MK Gafni's hatred of Reform Jews trumps matters of life and death
    Written by on 15/06/2017
    MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni's remarks about leaning politically to the left at this year's Haaretz's "Peace Conference" were subsequently covered widely in the media, and even caused some internal furor within UTJ.

  • Support for same-sex marriage/civil unions - record high of 79%!
    Written by on 15/06/2017
    The amazing results of our recent public opinion survey on same-sex marriage tell of an increasingly liberal Jewish Israeli public, even as the political scene becomes nastier, less tolerant, and less inclusive. We are proud that Hiddush’s data raises tremendous interest around the world, as you can see by the broad media coverage that our survey received.

  • Support for same-sex marriage/civil unions - record high of 79%!
    Written by on 08/06/2017
    47% of Zionist Orthodox Israelis and 65% of voters for the Zionist Orthodox Jewish Home party support the establishment of same-sex marriage or civil unions in Israel.

  • Support for same-sex marriage/civil unions - record high of 79%!
    Written by on 08/06/2017
    47% of Zionist Orthodox Israelis and 65% of voters for the Zionist Orthodox Jewish Home party support the establishment of same-sex marriage or civil unions in Israel.

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