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  • 63% favor civil marriage
    Written by on 28/07/2011
    Two-thirds of the Jewish population in Israel are in favor of civil marriage, but only one-third would choose non-religious marriage if they had the option.

  • Hiddush Shows two-thirds of Israelis Support Civil Marriage
    Written by on 26/07/2011
    Researchers Drs. Guy Ben-Porat and Yariv Feniger posit that because there is a gap between support for civil marriage and personal interest in having a civil marriage, major political parties do not promote the issue. Hiddush CEO Rabbi Regev: “Leading up to elections, people need to demand that the political party leaders commit themselves to…carry out a civil revolution, including freedom of choice in marriage”

  • Most who will receive housing subsidies are ultra-Orthodox
    Written by on 24/07/2011
    More than half of housing subsidies will defacto be given to ultra-Orthodox residents, who make up less than 10% of the general population in Israel. Housing Minister Ariel Atias continues to design biased systems instead of fair ones.

  • Coercion in the army
    Written by on 21/07/2011
    "Zamir's warnings justify the establishment of a reliable and pluralistic civilian body to reevaluate this relationship, given a situation in which freedom of religion and conscience is under a growing threat," Regev wrote.

  • Officers slam author of letter on religious extremism in the IDF
    Written by on 21/07/2011
    Zamir's document described what he termed the Military Rabbinate's increasing influence at the expense of the Education Corps, as well as the harm being done to women's advancement in the army by the enforcement of strict rules of modesty demanded by the rabbis.

  • Maj. Gen. Avi Zamir warns of the army's growing religious extremism
    Written by on 21/07/2011
    Rabbi Uri Regev, the director of Hiddush, demanded an appointment of an independent civilian body to examine the relationship between the army and religion.

  • Chabad Hassidism is anti-Zionist
    Written by on 17/07/2011
    The Lubavitcher Rebbe defined Israel as ‘bitter exile and double-fold darkness.’ Senior Chabad members describe the Rebbe as one of the great fighters against Zionism. Hiddush head Rabbi Regev calls on the government ‘to stop the campaign of debasement before the anti-Zionist Hassidic sect and order and end to funding and all contact between the state and Chabad.’

  • Haredim want Jerusalem high-tech park for housing
    Written by on 14/07/2011
    Hiddush director Rabbi Uri Regev comments on United Torah Judaism Jerusalem city councilmen's idea to move high-tech park in Har Hotzvim for more Haredi housing

  • Housing not hi-tech
    Written by on 14/07/2011
    Har Hotzvim's 100 tenants include Intel, Amdocs, NDS, Teva, and Rad, employing 10,000 people.

  • Democracy in Israel
    Written by on 14/07/2011
    Brian Freedman reports on ICCI’s 20th Annual Lecture

  • Stanley P. Gold
    Written by on 12/07/2011
    Mr. Gold is a founder and chairman of the US based educational and advocacy Israel-Diaspora partnership, “Hiddush - Freedom Of Religion for Israel, Inc.”

  • Mission Statement
    Written by on 06/07/2011
    Hiddush will work to implement the basic values guaranteed in Israel’s Declaration of Independence

  • After the buses: gender segregation reaches share taxis
    Written by on 03/07/2011
    The segregation between women and men does not end with the ‘Mehadrin Lines.’ Hiddush’s spokesman personally experienced segregation in share taxis: ‘I was removed from the vehicle after a single stop, because women would not let me sit next to them.’ Taxi drivers say segregation has them setting out with half-empty cabs

  • Orthodox converts ok'd
    Written by on 29/06/2011
    In shift, 'refusenik' Orthodox converts granted ID cards

  • Marriage/conversion
    Written by on 28/06/2011
    Hiddush sponsored poll on marriage and conversion

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