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  • New prayer site highlights divide between Israel, US Jews
    Written by on 05/02/2016
    The compromise agreement also highlights the deep rift between the world's two largest Jewish communities over how religion should be practiced in the Jewish state, where ultra-Orthodox control is entrenched over religious life.

  • Beyond the Wall
    Written by on 03/02/2016
    It was a long and hard-fought victory, bequeathed by one generation to another.

  • After Kotel compromise, dramatic changes still needed
    Written by on 03/02/2016
    We should recognize that there will be obstacles and much time elapsing. Moreover, the painful sacrifice involved is mostly on the part of Women of the Wall (WOW) and the non-Orthodox movements that are now removed from the historic Kotel site.

  • After Kotel compromise, dramatic changes still needed
    Written by Uri Regev on 03/02/2016
    The progress made over the Kotel should convince communal leaders that we need to further engage in the religion-state clash, and that Israelis need support in advancing the Jewish state’s own core founding principles of religious freedom and equality for all.

  • New Western Wall Prayer Space Highlights Wider Divide Among Jews
    Written by on 02/02/2016
    The Israeli government’s compromise decision this week was hailed as “historic” and “revolutionary,” yet it also underscored the divide between Israel and its Orthodox establishment and the diaspora, particularly in the United States, where most Jews identify as Reform or Conservative.

  • Israel’s Rabbis to Lose Long-held Tax Exemption Status
    Written by on 02/02/2016
    Israel's Tax Authority issues a professional circular detailing to assessors how to tax rabbis, kabbalists and others performing religious services.

  • Is the Kotel Deal Merely a Fig Leaf For Rabbinic Tyranny?
    Written by Uri Regev on 02/02/2016
    The historic Kotel Agreement represents laudable progress in Israel’s stormy sea of religion, state and politics, but it is important to remember that the issue of prayer at the Kotel is only one of many in the arena of ​​religious freedom. We do not have the luxury of sitting back and relishing this.

  • New prayer site highlights divide between Israel, US Jews
    Written by on 01/02/2016
    The Israeli government's decision to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall is a major breakthrough for the country's long-marginalized liberal streams and their powerful supporters in the United States.

  • New prayer site highlights divide between Israel, US Jews
    Written by on 01/02/2016
    The Israeli government’s decision to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall is a major breakthrough for the country’s long-marginalized liberal streams and their powerful supporters in the United States.

  • Israeli Government Approves New Egalitarian Prayer Space at Western Wall
    Written by on 31/01/2016
    After years of negotiations, non-Orthodox movements will be allowed to hold mixed prayer services for women and men at Judaism's holiest site.

  • Israel Allows Liberal Prayer at Western Wall in Nod to Diaspora
    Written by on 31/01/2016
    Israel’s cabinet approved the creation of a permanent space for non-Orthodox prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, under pressure from American Jewry and liberal Jewish denominations that have long chafed at Orthodox control of the holy site.

  • Religious politicians abuse their authority
    Written by Uri Regev on 28/01/2016
    The Education Ministry has frozen budgeted funds for non-Orthodox and secular education initiatives. The religious politicians abuse their authority, and pour millions into one-sided brainwashing efforts. It’s time for Israeli and Diaspora leaderships to declare: Judaism, pluralism, Jewish Peoplehood and democracy are too important to be left at the mercy of sectarian interests,

  • Religious politicians abuse their authority
    Written by on 28/01/2016
    Education Ministry freezes state budget for non-Orthodox educational programs, and Hiddush presents its advocacy strategy for religious freedom in Israel - how do we most effectively work for change?

  • Religious politicians abuse their authority
    Written by on 27/01/2016
    The Education Ministry has just acknowledged that it has frozen financial support for organizations promoting Jewish renewal, non-Orthodox and secular, despite the fact that these funds were included in the state budget.

  • How to most effectively advocate for religious freedom and equality in Israel
    Written by Uri Regev on 26/01/2016
    What advocacy strategy should supporters of religious freedom in Israel pursue? How should we set our policy priorities? How meaningful are Prime Minister Netanyahu's promises to Diaspora Jewry?

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