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  • Is American Orthodoxy not Orthodox?
    Written by Uri Regev on 03/04/2022
    We hold that both non-Jewish and non-observant Jewish soldiers have rights that must be respected and that this does not detract from the kashrut status of food provided by the IDF to all soldiers.

  • Terror and Religion
    Written by Uri Regev on 31/03/2022
    As expected, the terrorist attacks of recent days have led to many reactions – some violent and harsh towards Arabs; some directly involving religion.

  • Agunot – A Sharp Indictment of Israel’s Rabbinic Courts
    Written by on 31/03/2022
    “This should have been the mission of the halakhic decisors: to make sure no woman finds herself for even one day or one night without a divorce!”

  • Terror & Religion
    Written by on 31/03/2022
    The events of recent days have changed the public, political, and media agenda overnight, of course. Nevertheless, religious issues and the path of the Jewish state play a central role in the current discourse.

  • Public Opinion, the IDF, and Religious Freedom
    Written by on 17/03/2022
    Let us hope and pray, in the spirit of the month of Adar and the holiday of Purim that we mark today, that the encouraging words of the Scroll of Esther come true for us all, for the Ukrainian people are suffering from a vicious attack that has already resulted in killing, destruction, and millions of refugees…

  • The conscription bluff
    Written by Uri Regev on 17/03/2022
    I did not come up with the title to this article. This was the title given by a well-known ultra-Orthodox commentator to an article he published this month in the ultra-Orthodox newspaper Yated Ne'eman.

  • 54% Israelis: IDF soldiers have right to eat chametz
    Written by on 17/03/2022
    In light of the public and political battle that accompanies the petition Hiddush submitted (on behalf of itself, the Secular Forum, and a group of parents of IDF soldiers) to reduce the sweeping ban against leavened foods during Passover on IDF bases, Hiddush decided to survey the positions of Israel’s adult Jewish public on this matter.

  • Why They Do It - Because They Can!
    Written by on 03/03/2022
    We hope and pray that reason prevails and international pressure will prove effective. May the invasion of Ukraine be withdrawn. However, until then, we amplify President Zelensky’s call (in Hebrew) to the Jewish people: “Cry out against Russian invasion!” This is a call that should not only be heeded by world Jewish, but also by Israel as a Jewish state.

  • What will the monthly clash over the Kotel be like tomorrow?
    Written by Uri Regev on 03/03/2022
    The executives of the American Reform and Conservative movements, Rabbis Rick Jacobs and Jacob Blumenthal, arrived in Israel for the JAFI board meetings; and they have scheduled multiple meetings with Israeli political leaders from Prime Minister Bennett down.

  • Why do they do it? Because they can!
    Written by on 03/03/2022
    This week, the Supreme Court issued a ‘show cause’ order against the IDF in a petition Hiddush submitted regarding non-observant and non-Jewish soldiers being allowed to possess chametz in their own private domain (or in pre-designated spaces) and consume it during Passover.

  • Civil Marriage – are we getting closer?
    Written by on 18/02/2022
    In Israel, there has been increased attention on marriage rights in general and civil marriage in particular. A significant part of Hiddush’s work is focused on these very issues. This month alone, two Knesset committees have held hearings on the matter.

  • Civil Marriage – are we getting closer?
    Written by on 17/02/2022
    It's time to change direction; and, instead of illusions and creating friendlier-acting Orthodox substitutes for the Chief Rabbinate, Israel’s politicians should recognize that the real and only solution is turning the Declaration of Independence’s promises of freedom of religion and equality into constitutionally protected principles.

  • Depicting Israel's leadership as antisemitic villains
    Written by Uri Regev on 16/02/2022
    The Haredi politicians and media are still focused on posturing as innocent victims that are picked upon by antisemitic Jewish politicians like Avigdor Liberman, crooks like PM Naftali Bennett, and heretics bent on destroying Judaism like the Reform Movement, which masterminds many recent moves aimed at bullying “Torah-true” Jews.

  • 2021 Israel Democracy Index
    Written by on 27/01/2022
    The political system has largely lost its sensitivity to hypocrisy, hate speech and religious coercion. In the eyes of many of its leaders, buying the votes of the ultra-Orthodox parties justifies paying the price of surrendering to their demands, even knowing that they are hurting the country's economy, its security, and the freedom of religion promised by the Declaration of Independence.

  • Hiddush: Ultra-Orthodox leaders employing extortion by threats
    Written by on 06/01/2022
    On Tuesday, Hiddush filed a complaint against senior rabbis in ultra-Orthodox Judaism following their declaration that city rabbis who dare to act in accordance with the law after the adoption of a kashrut reform in the Knesset and certify food as kosher outside their city limits will have their kashrut certification banned everywhere, including in their own cities, and they will be considered as " having departed from the congregation of God and transgressing against the will of God." The declaration is signed by Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the spiritual leader of the Shas movement and Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox-Lithuanian community.

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