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  • Happy New Year 2012!
    Written by on 27/12/2011
    Opposition to discrimination grows, make an impact

  • Moved by the tears of a child
    Written by on 27/12/2011
    “We are trying to determine what kind of society we are – is this a democracy where the majority decides, or is there a minority that pushes everyone in one direction?” Rabbi Uri Regev, the head of Hiddush. Jerusalem Post, 27.12.11.

  • In 2059, the ultra-Orthodox will make up between 23% and 40% of Israel’s population, says Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics
    Written by on 19/12/2011
    Shahar Ilan, Hiddush Vice President: "Any government that doesn’t work to integrate ultra-Orthodox into society sells out our children's future, the future of Zionism and the future of those ultra-Orthodox children"

  • Attempt to allow voluntary segregation of buses fails
    Written by on 18/12/2011
    A bus was delayed half an hour after a woman refused to give in to ultra-Orthodox demans to sit in the back. CEO of Hiddush, Rabbi Uri Regev says: Ultra-Orthodox zealots enforce bus segregation with violence

  • Only 40% of ultra-Orthodox high schools teach math and English
    Written by on 15/12/2011
    Ultra-Orthodox schools for boys are exempted from teaching basic subjects like math and science. Currently, there are 20,000 teens that study at such schools.

  • Israel gets a “0”
    Written by on 14/12/2011
    Israel earns failing score on freedom of religion index along with Iran, Afghanistan, China

  • Israel receives a “0” in the International Religious Freedom Index
    Written by on 14/12/2011
    Israel in the bottom quarter of the world index of religious freedom, scoring the same as Iran, Afghanistan and Russia. Hiddush head Rabbi Uri Regev: “This index shows the growing gap between the support of most Israelis for religious freedom, and the governments’ growing surrender to fundamentalist religious politicians.”

  • Israeli school to its student: If you sing in front of men, you’re gone
    Written by on 14/12/2011
    Ministry of Education supports the position of the school: OK to prohibit students from participating in activities against Jewish law

  • ADL denounces ultra-Orthodox spitting at Christian clergymen
    Written by on 12/12/2011
    The ADL reached out to Chief Rabbis Amar and Metzger, asking them to condemn violent acts from their ultra-Orthodox constituents toward Christian clergy

  • Human Rights Day in Israel
    Written by Uri Regev on 09/12/2011
    As we reflect on Human Rights Day, we are reminded of the dire need of Israel to acknowledge its failure in ensuring those promised in both the International Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of Independence of Israel itself.

  • Explain the stipends
    Written by on 08/12/2011
    Gov’t must explain continued yeshiva payments. Shahar Ilan, Hiddush Vice President, welcomes the decision

  • Yeshiva payouts legal?
    Written by on 08/12/2011
    Hiddush Vice President, Shahar Ilan shows these payments circumvent legal rules of yeshiva payments

  • Dancing to protest
    Written by on 07/12/2011
    Ultra-Orthodox groups threaten a dance studio because the dancing is not “modest”; dancers respond by lifting their shades and dancing in public.

  • Court defers to Knesset
    Written by on 06/12/2011
    Hiddush’s joint petition for civil marriage rejected, “time after time the political system gives in to pressure from ultra-Orthodox parties.”

  • Jeffrey Goldberg shows “How Israel Can Stop Alienating American Jews”
    Written by on 06/12/2011
    Jeffrey Goldberg suggests several ideas as to “How Israel Can Stop Alienating American Jews”, including showing respect for diverse Jewish expression and ending ultra-Orthodox discrimination

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