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  • Hiddush on the legal front
    Written by on 11/11/2021
    Hiddush continues its legal advocacy for religious freedom on multiple fronts, in addition to public opinion polling, making presentations at Knesset committees and fighting for religious freedom and equality in the court of public opinion.

  • Hiddush in the legal trenches
    Written by Uri Regev on 20/05/2021
    Last week, Hiddush filed a petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of itself; the Israel Women’s Network; NA’AMAT; the Rackman Center; and Women Lawyers for Social Justice to ensure adequate gender representation for women on Religious Councils and senior oversight appointments.

  • 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.

  • 80% of Israel's religious councils have only one woman
    Written by on 07/03/2017
    Only 70 women currently serve nationwide (on 58 of Israel's religious councils). They represent 17% of the total 407 religious council members throughout Israel.

  • 80% of Israel's religious councils have only one woman
    Written by on 07/03/2017
    Only 70 women currently serve nationwide (on 58 of Israel's religious councils). They represent 17% of the total 407 religious council members throughout Israel.

  • 1 woman per religious council, but, God forbid, not more
    Written by on 06/05/2016
    49 women currently serve on Israel's Religious Councils, but only six Councils have more than one female representative.

  • Hiddush demands appointment of women to religious councils
    Written by on 08/01/2016
    The ultra-Orthodox Shas party's Minister of Religious Services David Azoulay has appointed six “appointees” for four religious councils since assuming office after the May 2015 Knesset elections. Minister Azoulay, like his predecessors, has not appointed a single woman, despite Israeli law and the commitment the Ministry made to the AG office in the past to exercise affirmative action in this arena.

  • 'Jewish Home' Party exerted pressure upon local pols: Appoint our people
    Written by on 03/11/2014
    The Knesset Interior Committee held a meeting to investigate accusations that the Jewish Home party led by Religious Services Minister Naftali Bennett exerted undue pressure upon local politicians to grant political favors to Jewish Home Party supporters by appointing them to administrate local religious councils.

  • 5 Years of Hiddush Activism
    Written by on 02/10/2014
    Hiddush has become the premier Israeli NGO on matters of Religion and State in Israel

  • Hiddush's research and advocacy results in greater female representation in Israel's religious establishment
    Written by on 09/06/2014
    Hiddush's consistent efforts to implement gender equality in Israel's religious establishment and surrounding research have begun to pay off.

  • Hiddush's advocacy efforts result in historic success for gender equality in Israel's religious councils
    Written by on 31/03/2014
    Affirmative action for appointing women to Israel's religious councils will provide the long-awaited implementation of the Supreme Court's mandate for gender equality in public institutions.

  • Making history and advocating for Israel's Jewish and democratic future
    Written by on 18/02/2014
    Exciting updates on Hiddush's historic Supreme Court petition, activities with the AJC, and advocacy for gender equality in Israel's religious councils

  • Hiddush report demonstrates dire need to close the gender gap in Israel's religious councils
    Written by on 11/02/2014
    Hiddush CEO Rabbi Uri Regev turned to the Ministry of Religious Services to emphasize the need for proper implementation of gender equality in Israel's religious establishment

  • Women only 5 percent of religious councils
    Written by on 26/01/2012
    Only one woman was appointed as a member of a religious council in 2011. Not a single council chair is female. Hiddush President, Rabbi Uri Regev: The horrific discrimination against women on religious councils only provides more proof that they must be eliminated and their responsibilities transferred to local authorities.

  • Chief Rabbi Amar: “The Rabbinate is excellent…We have proven ourselves”
    Written by on 27/11/2011
    Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar responds to recent articles criticizing the Rabbanut’s activities by saying that “the Rabbinate is excellent, and the religious court judiciary is excellent…It is getting better and better, including the way in which it relates to the public.”
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