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Uri Regev

Latest stories by Uri Regev

The lessons of the 9th of Av then and now

Uri Regev 30/07/2020 10:08

Israel and the Jewish World have entered the national fast day of Tisha b’Av, symbolizing the destruction of the First and Second Temples, as well as many other difficult events in Jewish people’s history. Many understand that today's test is not just about remembering the past, but in drawing lessons for the future.

Hiddush fighting for gender equality

Uri Regev 16/07/2020 14:01

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.

What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine

Uri Regev 22/06/2020 16:58

Banning public transportation on the Sabbath is part of an existential confrontation over the soul of the State of Israel.

On the legal front

Uri Regev 04/06/2020 21:35

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!

A coalition that will escalate Jewish disunity

Uri Regev 18/05/2020 22:34

Netanyahu, Gantz and their partners know that this ongoing surrender to the ultra-Orthodox parties is in complete betrayal of the Israeli public’s will, including that of their own voters.

Religion and state under Netanyahu's new government

Uri Regev 07/05/2020 19:19

This week, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected all of the petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu's continued tenure as prime minister due to the pending criminal charges against him, as well as those against the coalition agreement between the Likud and Blue & White.

Who doesn't recognize Holocaust Memorial Day?

Uri Regev 24/04/2020 01:20

It is difficult not to think about Israel’s religion and state conflict in the context of MK Mansour Abbas’s words on Holocaust Memorial Day. Unlike MK Abbas's impressive remarks, much of the ultra-Orthodox media did not address Holocaust Day, for its leaders refuse to recognize the date set by the Knesset to mark Israel’s memorial days.