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  • Israel's theocratic elements becoming more violent and vocal
    Written by Uri Regev on 04/11/2015
    The formula "Jewish and democratic" remains not only unsettled, but actually serves as a mine field. Frequent explosions occur, for religious extremists feeling constrained do not hesitate to threaten the institutions of the State to have their demands met.

  • Open on Shabbat: Israel’s fray of rest
    Written by on 04/11/2015
    Cities are riding roughshod over the bylaws that are designed to protect the special nature of sabbath in the world’s only Jewish state, prompting concerns over discrimination, selective enforcement, and an eroding national identity

  • Israeli democracy under fire
    Written by on 04/11/2015
    Hiddush unearths ultra-Orthodox bill to increase stipends for non-working yeshiva students. The sad thing is - neither MKs from the coalition nor MKs from the opposition spoke out against this publicly. That role fell upon Hiddush once again.

  • Hiddush reveals: proposed bill to increase yeshiva stipends
    Written by on 03/11/2015
    Hiddush causes proposed bill to increase stipends for non-working yeshiva students to be widely covered by the media. Ultra-Orthodox parties demand to include many more yeshiva students, and provide them with much more funding.

  • Select graphs
    Written by on 03/11/2015
    The correlation between these polls and others relating to various aspects of democracy and the distinctly high percentage of those who received religious education in Israel with such disturbing positions requires serious consideration.

  • Israeli marriages, American Jews, and Israel’s security
    Written by on 30/10/2015
    In the midst of all that has been going on in Israel, you might wonder why the AJC/J-REC mission to Israel to join Israeli counterparts in a push for alternatives to marriages approved by the Chief Rabbinate is important just now.

  • Bill giving income support payments to yeshiva students approved for passage to Knesset
    Written by on 25/10/2015
    High Court of Justice has struck down such payments twice in recent years

  • Chief Rabbinate perverting Sukkot with religious bigotry
    Written by Uri Regev on 06/10/2015
    Only one year ago, Chief Rabbi Lau self-righteously preached to the Pope, proclaiming Israel's greatness in protection of religious freedom, and now he himself aimed to curtail Christian prayer services in Jerusalem.

  • Chief Rabbinate perverting Sukkot with religious bigotry
    Written by on 06/10/2015
    One year ago, Chief Rabbi Lau preached to the Pope during his visit to Israel, proclaiming Israel's greatness in protection of religious freedom, and now he himself aimed to curtail Christian pilgrim prayer services in the Jerusalem Arena.

  • New Survey Finds That Israel’s Progressive Jews Are Equal in Number to Haredi Jews
    Written by on 24/09/2015
    A statistical survey conducted by Smith Consulting Co. for Hiddush has revealed the changes in the distribution of Israeli Jewish citizens according to the different religious denominations they identify with.

  • What Israelis mean when they support the separation of religion and state
    Written by on 21/09/2015
    Hiddush, an Israeli nongovernmental organization that advances “religious freedom and equality,” just published its 2015 Religion & State Index. It is an interesting survey, and the organization deserves credit for it.

  • Israel’s Progressive Jews now equal Haredim’s numbers
    Written by on 19/09/2015
    The latest Hiddush poll indicates that 9 percent belong to either the Reform (5%) or the Conservative (4%) movements – the same number as adherents of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Judaism!

  • Report: Israel’s Progressive Jews Equal in Number to Haredi Jews
    Written by on 18/09/2015
    A statistical survey conducted by Smith Consulting Co. for Hiddush has revealed the changes in the distribution of Israeli Jewish citizens according to the different religious denominations they identify with.

  • 2015 Religion and State Index
    Written by on 16/09/2015
    The good news, illuminated by the 2015 Israel Religion & State Index, is the continually increasing Israeli public support for freedom of religion and equality of burden. The bad news is the gaping divide between the public’s will on matters of religion and state and the Government’s coalition agreements.

  • 2015 Religion & State Index - support for religious freedom rises
    Written by on 16/09/2015
    The good news, illuminated by the 2015 Israel Religion & State Index, is the continually increasing Israeli public support for freedom of religion and equality of burden. The bad news is the gaping divide between the public’s will on matters of religion and state and the Government’s coalition agreements.

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