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  • 75% support introduction of civil divorce in Israel
    Written by on 22/03/2016
    Head of Hiddush Rabbi Uri Regev, esq.: "The no-confidence vote against the Orthodox establishment's monopoly is tremendous." Director of the Center for Women's Justice Dr. Susan Weiss, esq.: "The solution to the agunah crisis - civil marriage and divorce." CEO of Mavoi Satum Batya Kahana-Dror, Esq.: "Alienation from Israel's religious institutions is growing."

  • 75% support introduction of civil divorce in Israel
    Written by on 22/03/2016
    Head of Hiddush Rabbi Uri Regev, esq.: "The no-confidence vote against the Orthodox establishment's monopoly is tremendous." Director of the Center for Women's Justice Dr. Susan Weiss, esq.: "The solution to the agunah crisis - civil marriage and divorce." CEO of Mavoi Satum Batya Kahana-Dror, Esq.: "Alienation from Israel's religious institutions is growing."

  • Updates: the Kotel agreement & Supreme Court mikva'ot ruling
    Written by Uri Regev on 21/03/2016
    In the last week, there have been a number of developments in the ultra-Orthodox political and rabbinical leadership's battle against the implementation of the Kotel agreement, as well as their battle against the Supreme Court's ruling to make Israel's public mikva'ot available for non-Orthodox conversion ceremonies.

  • Can Reform Jews Win Battle for the Soul of Israel?
    Written by on 17/03/2016
    The world concentrates on Israel’s conflict with Palestinians, but the reality is that there is another war going on: one for the soul of Israel. And it is one that Orthodox Jews are waging with increasing fierceness.

  • Ultra-Orthodox leaders dial up Western Wall rhetoric
    Written by on 16/03/2016
    In the weeks since Israel’s government agreed to create a new, egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox leaders and media have dialed up their opposition, threatening to derail what initially seemed a done deal.

  • Israeli Left Must Internalize That ultra-Orthodox Parties Are Not Partners
    Written by Shahar Ilan on 16/03/2016
    ​ How is it that the left-wing and center opposition factions hardly deal with issues of state and religion? Is the opposition again deluding itself that the ultra-Orthodox parties will reward it by forming a government with it?

  • Israel pushed towards theocracy
    Written by Uri Regev on 15/03/2016
    Minister Rabbi Litzman: "Netanyahu either loves the Reform Jews of the Diaspora, or the Haredim of Israel; it's either-or. There are no two ways about it... The Supreme Court is destroying everything good related to religion & state, and... the only way to stand against it is by passing legislation."

  • Israeli Left Must Internalize That ultra-Orthodox Parties Are Not Partners
    Written by on 15/03/2016
    How is it that the left-wing and center opposition factions hardly deal with issues of state and religion? Is the opposition again deluding itself that the ultra-Orthodox parties will reward it by forming a government with it?

  • What’s really important to take away from the new Pew study
    Written by on 15/03/2016
    The Pew report on Israel’s Religiously Divided Society should be a source of alarm to both Israelis and world Jewish leaders. It was of particular interest to us at. Hiddush.

  • Will the Pew Israel Report Open our Eyes?
    Written by on 10/03/2016
    The Pew study provides us with an opportunity to focus once again on the religion-state conflict in Israel, something that Diaspora Jewish leadership usually tries to avoid discussing, not wanting to generate controversy within their respective communities, fearing divisiveness, or for fear of raising criticism against Israel at a time when the country’s image is under constant challenge.

  • Will the Pew Israel Report Open our Eyes?
    Written by Uri Regev on 10/03/2016
    Rabbi Uri Regev presents his first impressions of the 2016 Pew report on Israel's Religiously Divided Society. His intimate familiarity with the subject matter and the population surveyed provide him a unique prism, which served him in assessing the report.

  • Will the Pew Israel Report open our eyes?
    Written by on 10/03/2016
    Hiddush's initial analysis covers several different findings and methodological choices of the new Pew study.

  • Not Jewish enough to marry in Israel? NIF says no way
    Written by on 03/03/2016
    In Israel, unlike in the United States couples who want to marry don’t have the option of having a civil, secular marriage. Marriage is conducted through religious authorities only, and for Jews, the institution is controlled by the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate.

  • Tikkun Olam Nation is a deeper Israel
    Written by on 02/03/2016
    In recent years, pro-Israel groups have been faced with an unusual dilemma: How do you create a good impression for Israel when the country’s image has already been tainted by the over-the-top criticism and condemnations it receives from much of the world?

  • The Kotel Agreement – Multiple Perspectives
    Written by on 25/02/2016
    It’s been three weeks since the dramatic agreement over pluralistic worship at the Kotel was reached with the Reform and Conservative movements and Women of the Wall. The picture that emerges now is fuller and more complex than it seemed when the agreement was approved by the government.

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