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  • Theocratic rejection of Israel's civil judiciary
    Written by on 23/03/2017
    The Prime Minister must either stop the incitement against non-Orthodox Judaism from within his own government or sever his political alliance with those who wage war against world Jewry and block Netanyhu's own public commitment to ensure that all Jews feel at home in Israel.

  • Theocratic rejection of Israel's civil judiciary
    Written by on 20/03/2017
    The theocratic forces among Israel's political and religious leadership have been increasingly aggressive of late, pushing to expand the jurisdiction of Israel's rabbinical courts, at the expanse of Israel's civil courts. A key element of this theocratic outlook is the rejection of the legitimacy of Israel’s laws and civil judiciary.

  • US Reform leadership meets with PM Netanyahu
    Written by on 15/03/2017
    The Prime Minister must either stop the incitement against non-Orthodox Judaism from within his own government or sever his political alliance with those who wage war against world Jewry and block Netanyhu's own public commitment to ensure that all Jews feel at home in Israel.

  • 90% dissatisfied with Israeli rabbinical courts' dealings with Agunot
    Written by on 09/03/2017
    90% of the adult Jewish public is dissatisfied with the Israeli Rabbinical Courts' way of dealing with Agunot and women whose husbands refuse to grant them divorces.

  • 90% dissatisfied with rabbinical courts' dealings with Agunot
    Written by on 09/03/2017
    90% of the adult Jewish public is dissatisfied with the Israeli Rabbinical Courts' way of dealing with Agunot and women whose husbands refuse to grant them divorces. 87% believe that the rabbinical courts should force husbands to grant their wives divorces in cases of domestic violence. Measuring which institutions the public trusts most, 59% of respondents trust the Supreme Court, but only 16% most trust the Rabbinate, 13% - the Knesset and 12% - the Government!

  • Maverick women’s rights lawyer looks to change the game, not play it
    Written by on 09/03/2017
    Ahead of International Agunah Day, attorney Susan Weiss describes her fight against windmills in the dual Israeli religious and secular courts

  • 90% dissatisfied with rabbinical courts' dealings with Agunot
    Written by on 09/03/2017
    90% of the adult Jewish public is dissatisfied with the Israeli Rabbinical Courts' way of dealing with Agunot and women whose husbands refuse to grant them divorces. 87% believe that the rabbinical courts should force husbands to grant their wives divorces in cases of domestic violence. Measuring which institutions the public trusts most, 59% of respondents trust the Supreme Court, but only 16% most trust the Rabbinate, 13% - the Knesset and 12% - the Government!

  • A Haredi Supreme Court Judge - What does that really mean?
    Written by Uri Regev on 07/03/2017
    There is therefore need for further thinking as to the prerequisites for serving in the state’s judicial institutions in general, and the Supreme Court in particular.

  • 80% of Israel's religious councils have only one woman
    Written by on 07/03/2017
    Only 70 women currently serve nationwide (on 58 of Israel's religious councils). They represent 17% of the total 407 religious council members throughout Israel.

  • A haredi Supreme Court judge – what does that really mean?
    Written by on 07/03/2017
    There is therefore need for further thinking as to the prerequisites for serving in the state’s judicial institutions in general, and the Supreme Court in particular.

  • 80% of Israel's religious councils have only one woman
    Written by on 07/03/2017
    Only 70 women currently serve nationwide (on 58 of Israel's religious councils). They represent 17% of the total 407 religious council members throughout Israel.

  • Ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva Enrollment Soars, Work Levels Freeze Since 2015
    Written by on 06/03/2017
    Since Ultra-Orthodox parties rejoined Israel's government, figures show that the number of married, full-time yeshiva students grew by double the growth rate of the Haredi population.

  • Yeshiva budget hits all-time high after Israel approves new increase
    Written by on 05/03/2017
    Budget for yeshiva stipends now at an all time high of over NIS 1.2 billion.

  • Supreme Court nominations threaten religious freedom
    Written by Uri Regev on 27/02/2017
    Last week, months of nomination deliberations for four positions that will soon become vacant on Israel's Supreme Court came to an end. Israel's Minister of Justice, Ayelet Shaked, the token secular representative of the Zionist Orthodox Jewish Home party, chaired the nominations committee.

  • Chief Rabbi Yosef attacks Israel's civil courts
    Written by on 23/02/2017
    Last week at a national rabbinic conference, Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared that rabbis should warn the Israeli public that in the event of legal disputes, they should take their cases to the rabbinical courts, rather than to Israel's civil courts.

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