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  • The Weekly Scandal: “Blow up the Supreme Court”
    Written by Uri Regev on 10/05/2022
    There is hardly a week that goes by without a scandal or a struggle over religion and state. The weekly scandal, which accompanied last week's Independence Day celebration, is the video clip in which MK Yitzhak Pindrus, chair of the UTJ (United Torah Judaism, the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox faction in the Knesset) is seen expressing his desire to blow up the Supreme Court: “You know what my dream is? To bring a D9 [bulldozer] and blow up the building.”

  • What has not changed in the last year from previous years?
    Written by on 14/04/2022
    How much has changed (or not changed) since last year in the arena of religion & state in Israel?

  • How is this year no different than last year?
    Written by on 14/04/2022
    Passover is the festival of freedom and liberty. This has been one of its most important themes, ever since the Children of Israel escaped from slavery to freedom.

  • Israel needs to fight for true freedom of religion
    Written by Uri Regev on 11/04/2022
    What Idit Silman, et al., describe as a Jewish identity is the identity of a small minority in the state of Israel and an even smaller minority among world Jewry.

  • 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.

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