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  • Fallen Israeli Soldiers Can Be Buried Without Religious Rites
    Written by on 06/01/2016
    Israeli soldiers killed in the line of duty may now be buried in a military cemetery without a religious ceremony.

  • Israel Nixes Excavations Under Area Slated for New Jerusalem Homes Amid ultra-Orthodox Pressure
    Written by on 05/01/2016
    Antiques Authority forced to leave site after Shas leader Arye Dery raised issue with Netanyahu, who ordered that work be stopped.

  • IDF to permit non-religious burial with full military honors
    Written by on 03/01/2016
    Hiddush sent letters to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff demanding that an “alternative civilian” burial plot be established in every military cemetery in the country in which nonreligious military services or pluralistic military burials can be conducted.

  • Hiddush makes progress on military burial rights for IDF soldiers
    Written by on 29/12/2015
    Once again, Hiddush is impacting on Israeli governmental policies, advancing religious freedom and equality. This time – it’s about a very painful and sensitive issue: burial of fallen soldiers. Last week we were informed of the acceptance of our demands (although we will have to follow the implementation, as we know from past experience…).

  • IDF concedes - we will implement civil military burials
    Written by on 29/12/2015
    1) Hiddush demands civil military burial options for non-halakhically Jewish soldiers, 2) The Rabbinate pushes illegal anti-Christmas policy in Israel's hotels, 3) Ministry of Religious Services budget increases by more than 100% in 2015.

  • The Chief Rabbinate's anti-Christmas policy
    Written by Uri Regev on 29/12/2015
    The ban on placing Christmas trees in hotels is but one example of the many ways that the rabbinate disregards the law and extorts submission to its norms in breach of the law.

  • The state rabbinate enforces illegal, discriminatory anti-Christmas policy in hotels
    Written by on 28/12/2015
    The ban on placing Christmas trees in hotels is but one example of the many ways that the rabbinate disregards the law and extorts submission to its norms in breach of the law.

  • Will Orthodox Israelis’ revolt against the chief rabbinate spur a domino effect?
    Written by on 27/12/2015
    An in-depth look at a year of shifting sands in the notorious historical status quo of religion and state in the Holy Land

  • Ministry of Religious Services budget increased by more than 100%
    Written by Shahar Ilan on 24/12/2015
    The budget for the construction and renovation of buildings for religious services will be increased by 50 million NIS (123%), the budget for the Ministry of Religious Services will be increased to nearly 150%, and the budget for cemeteries will be increase by 500%. The millions budgeted for the ultra-Orthodox parties by the Likud in exchange for their political support were merely a down payment - a base level for further increases.

  • Affirmative action for Haredim or cronyism?
    Written by Uri Regev on 23/12/2015
    On Sunday, Israel’s cabinet approved an affirmative action initiative enabling more ultra-Orthodox workers to find employment in the civil service, as part of Shas’s leader, Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri’s strategy to integrate the Haredi community into the civil service.

  • Israel's Rabbinate coerces and discriminates in hotels
    Written by on 21/12/2015
    Despite officially and publicly updating its kashrut regulations for hotels this year, in order to be in compliance with the law, Israel's Rabbinate continues to coerce hotels to enforce Shabbat restrictions and its illegal ban against all Christian holiday symbols.

  • Government approves affirmative action for haredi men and women in civil service
    Written by on 20/12/2015
    Among the steps that will be taken to increase haredi employment in civil service will be a campaign to increase exposure of haredi community to employment possibilities in public service.

  • Israel's Chief Rabbinate: Coercive and Bigoted
    Written by on 17/12/2015
    Rabbinate not enforcing its own kashrut regulations - continues to coerce hotels to enforce Shabbat restrictions. Also, Chief Rabbi David Lau speaks out publicly, slamming Conservative and Reform Judaism. Great for Israel-Diaspora relations!

  • Chief Rabbi Lau's blatant anti-pluralism hypocrisy
    Written by Uri Regev on 16/12/2015
    Last week, Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau publicly rebuked Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of education and Diaspora affairs. Bennett’s religious sin, per Lau, was visiting the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, and tweeting an enthusiastic reflection of the school and the love for Israel and Judaism that he had seen there.

  • Chief Rabbi’s rebuke is divisive
    Written by on 16/12/2015
    Last week, Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau publicly rebuked Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of education and Diaspora affairs. Bennett’s religious sin, per Lau, was visiting the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, and tweeting an enthusiastic reflection of the school and the love for Israel and Judaism that he had seen there.

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