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Hiddush fighting for gender equality
Written by Uri Regev on 16/07/2020
It has been 4 years since the Attorney General ordered that adequate representation be given to women on Israel's Religious Councils. However, the reality has not changed, and the composition of the councils has not been reconstituted. Of the Religious Service Minister's 120 appointees, only one was a woman.
On the legal front
Written by Uri Regev on 04/06/2020
Hiddush's activism in the legal arena has continued in the face of the Covid-19 crisis, as Israel's new government has been settling in. There will be much to do in the face of the ultra-Orthodox party's stranglehold over Israel's religion-and-state arena!
First woman ever appointed as legal advisor to rabbinical courts
Written by on 07/08/2018
We at Hiddush are delighted by the appointment of Attorney Shira Ben-Eli as legal advisor to Israel's rabbinical courts.
Unlike the Government - Israelis support religious freedom and equality
Written by on 02/08/2018
This week, two important events occurred, and Hiddush provided special public opinion polling and analysis on the core issues that arose:
Unlike the Government - Israelis support religious freedom and equality
Written by Uri Regev on 02/08/2018
This week, two important events occurred, and Hiddush provided special public opinion polling and analysis on the core issues that arose:
Hiddush Survey for International Women's Day
Written by on 07/03/2018
72% of the Israeli public believes that all political parties running for seats in the Knesset, including the ultra-Orthodox parties, should be required to include female candidates on their party candidates lists and allow women to become party members. 88% favor integrating women into the IDF [69% support the inclusion of women in every possible role, including in combat, and another 19% support their integration into all non-combat roles]. 12% oppose enlisting women into the army at all.
Hiddush Survey for International Women's Day
Written by on 07/03/2018
72% of the Israeli public believes that all political parties running for seats in the Knesset, including the ultra-Orthodox parties, should be required to include female candidates on their party candidates lists and allow women to become party members. 88% favor integrating women into the IDF [69% support the inclusion of women in every possible role, including in combat, and another 19% support their integration into all non-combat roles]. 12% oppose enlisting women into the army at all.
Haredi city council lays down law on modesty, gender separation
Written by on 06/02/2018
An ultra-Orthodox municipality sent out a modesty rule book that prohibits men and women from traveling together or sitting near one another at work, rules out informal greetings such as “hello” and “goodbye,” and bans joking together or discussing issues not directly related to work.
High Court: Women may manage rabbinical courts
Written by on 16/08/2017
The High Court justices ruled that a woman could be appointed head of the Rabbinical Courts.
Israel's exclusion of women and lack of civil burial alternative
Written by on 21/04/2017
This week Hiddush initiated stern communications to the authorities over two critical issues: 1) the gross breach of responsibility of the Ministry of Religious Services to provide an option for alternative civil burial, and 2) the exclusion of women from a medical conference about women’s health.
A shocking Rabbinic Court ruling regarding a battered wife
Written by Uri Regev on 10/02/2017
Hiddush has repeatedly challenged the continued monopoly of the Chief Rabbinate and rabbinic courts over matters of personal status of all Jews in Israel. Last week, we saw one of the most shocking and deplorable examples of why this authority should urgently be withdrawn.
Leading Ashkenazi Rabbi rules: Women should not be allowed to drive
Written by Uri Regev on 26/01/2017
Often we are reminded of the outlook at the core of the ultra-Orthodox political parties' actions. While they may appear to share our respect for a democratic society oriented toward civil liberties, the truth is that their motivations are anything but.
69% of Jewish Israelis support women's candle lighting ceremonies at Kotel
Written by on 27/12/2016
69% of Jewish Israelis favor allowing women to light Chanukah candles at the Western Wall. This principled position also enjoys a high level of support among voters for the non-Haredi Coalition parties.
69% of Jewish Israelis support women's candle lighting ceremonies at Kotel
Written by on 27/12/2016
69% of Jewish Israelis favor allowing women to light Chanukah candles at the Western Wall. This principled position also enjoys a high level of support among voters for the non-Haredi Coalition parties.
After Kotel compromise, dramatic changes still needed
Written by Uri Regev on 03/02/2016
The progress made over the Kotel should convince communal leaders that we need to further engage in the religion-state clash, and that Israelis need support in advancing the Jewish state’s own core founding principles of religious freedom and equality for all.