http://hiddush.org/ This is an RSS update from Hiddush Fri, 18 May 2012 05:22:38 GMT He-il http://hiddush.org/article-2362-0-What’s_Missing_from_Real_Dialogue_between_Israel_and_Diaspora_Jewry.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2362-0-What’s_Missing_from_Real_Dialogue_between_Israel_and_Diaspora_Jewry.aspx Wed, 09 May 2012 13:49:00 GMT What conversations are we refusing to have? We must understand that our unity can only be based on a celebration of diversity, even when it involves difficult controversy. http://hiddush.org/article-2361-0-Mofaz_and_Netanyahu_unity_government_must_promote_equality.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2361-0-Mofaz_and_Netanyahu_unity_government_must_promote_equality.aspx Tue, 08 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT Amid the shocking news of the Netanyahu and Mofaz unity government, it is critical "to take advantage of having a clear civil majority in the coalition to advance the recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee", and promote true equality in Israel. http://hiddush.org/article-2360-0-Lapid_announces_hollow_plan_to_integrate_ultraOrthodox.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2360-0-Lapid_announces_hollow_plan_to_integrate_ultraOrthodox.aspx Wed, 02 May 2012 14:17:00 GMT Yair Lapid proposes a five year exemption of yeshiva students. Hiddush President Uri Regev warns: "This would be the end of the People's army" http://hiddush.org/article-2359-0-UltraOrthodox_childrens_paper_excludes_Israeli_flag.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2359-0-UltraOrthodox_childrens_paper_excludes_Israeli_flag.aspx Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:56:00 GMT An ultra-Orthodox paper in Israel, written in Hebrew, features a story on the history of flags from across the globe. But where is the Israeli flag, where all of these children live? http://hiddush.org/article-2358-0-Hiddushs_Tent_of_the_Stuck_Waiting_for_the_bus_on_Shabbat.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2358-0-Hiddushs_Tent_of_the_Stuck_Waiting_for_the_bus_on_Shabbat.aspx Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:30:00 GMT Hiddush and the youth forum "Bamah" joined together this past week to stage a protest in favor on public transportation on Saturday. The current lack of access impacts the most vulnerable of society: the disabled, the elderly, and those who cannot afford the alternatives. http://hiddush.org/article-2357-0-Did_The_Global_Jewish_Forum_on_Haredim_Face_the_Facts.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2357-0-Did_The_Global_Jewish_Forum_on_Haredim_Face_the_Facts.aspx Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:23:00 GMT The Jewish Agency and Makom opened the conversation on the impact of ultra-Orthodoxy on Israel and on the Jewish People as a whole, but did they give their participants a full picture? http://hiddush.org/article-2356-0-Chaim_Weizmanns_warning.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2356-0-Chaim_Weizmanns_warning.aspx Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:09:00 GMT Chaim Weizman, Israel’s first president, warned in 1949 of the impending culture clash that would face the State of Israel: “We must have a clear line of demarcation between legitimate religious aspirations and the duty of the State towards preserving such aspirations on the one hand, and on the other hand the lust for power which is sometimes exhibited by pseudo-religious groups”. http://hiddush.org/article-2355-0-83_of_Jewish_Israelis_want_change_in_housing_subsidies.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2355-0-83_of_Jewish_Israelis_want_change_in_housing_subsidies.aspx Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:22:00 GMT 83% of Jewish Israelis believe housing subsidies should follow the recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee, as opposed to current policies which overwhelmingly favor the ultra-Orthodox population. http://hiddush.org/article-2354-0-83_of_Jewish_Israelis_believe_housing_subsidies_conditional_on_willingness_to_work_to_your_ability.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2354-0-83_of_Jewish_Israelis_believe_housing_subsidies_conditional_on_willingness_to_work_to_your_ability.aspx Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:12:00 GMT 83% of Jewish Israelis believe housing subsidies should follow the recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee, as opposed to current policies which overwhelmingly favor the ultra-Orthodox population, who in large part do not seek to join the work force. President of Hiddush, Rabbi Uri Regev, called on government officials to heed the call of the Israeli public. http://hiddush.org/article-2353-0-What_will_become_of_the_North.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2353-0-What_will_become_of_the_North.aspx Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:40:00 GMT If new ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods forming in the North of Israel are not accompanied by job creation, these areas will become a poverty trap. http://hiddush.org/article-2348-0-82_of_Israeli_Jews_support_a_law_of_mandatory_conscription_for_yeshiva_students.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2348-0-82_of_Israeli_Jews_support_a_law_of_mandatory_conscription_for_yeshiva_students.aspx Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:44:00 GMT 68% of Israeli Jews support denying subsidies to those who don’t serve in the army, 69% support the Supreme Court decision to invalidate the Tal Law*, and 82% support passing a law that would force most yeshiva students to enlist. http://hiddush.org/article-2346-0-MK_Eichler_Reform_Jews_worse_than_Arabs.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2346-0-MK_Eichler_Reform_Jews_worse_than_Arabs.aspx Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:19:00 GMT Hiddush CEO, Rabbi Uri Regev: Eichler’s behavior reveals the sad truth of the ultra-Orthodox parties in the Israeli Knesset is deep hatred of the other, simply because they are other. http://hiddush.org/article-2345-0-ElAl_must_not_allow_segregation_on_planes.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2345-0-ElAl_must_not_allow_segregation_on_planes.aspx Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:59:00 GMT Hiddush successfully petitions El Al Airlines not to tolerate segregation on board http://hiddush.org/article-2344-0-All_time_high_in_yeshiva_student_numbers_about_114000.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2344-0-All_time_high_in_yeshiva_student_numbers_about_114000.aspx Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:44:00 GMT How many new publicly funded yeshiva students have there been in the past two year? The answer: 11,000. And how many new yeshiva students have either enlisted in the army or national service increased by only 500. http://hiddush.org/article-2341-0-Hiddush_commends_Supreme_Court_ruling_on_Tal_Law.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2341-0-Hiddush_commends_Supreme_Court_ruling_on_Tal_Law.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:51:00 GMT Today’s historic Supreme Court ruling, by a majority of 6:3, voided the “Tal Law” and said mass exemption of Yeshiva students from military service must be stopped http://hiddush.org/article-2340-0-Hiddush_presents_Exclude_the_Excluders.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2340-0-Hiddush_presents_Exclude_the_Excluders.aspx Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:30:00 GMT Director of Hiddush, Rabbi Uri Regev: "No more will women be excluded from the public sphere. We can no longer stand with those who promote the exclusion of women, the time has come to for a civil governmental coalition without those who exclude." http://hiddush.org/article-2339-0-Exclude_the_Excluders.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2339-0-Exclude_the_Excluders.aspx Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:58:00 GMT Director of Hiddush, Rabbi Uri Regev: "No more will women be excluded from the public sphere. We can no longer stand with those who promote the exclusion of women, the time has come to for a civil governmental coalition without those who exclude." http://hiddush.org/article-2338-0-Fact_Sheet_on_Army_Evasion.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2338-0-Fact_Sheet_on_Army_Evasion.aspx Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:00 GMT Percentage of Growth of Exemptions Given to Yeshiva Students since the Founding of the State: 15,000%. Number of Yeshiva Students Who Evaded the Draft Last Year: 8,500 http://hiddush.org/article-2337-0-15000_Growth_in_army_exemptions_for_yeshiva_students_since_1948.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2337-0-15000_Growth_in_army_exemptions_for_yeshiva_students_since_1948.aspx Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:08:00 GMT Number of current yeshiva students receiving deferments estimated at 58,000. Hiddush President Adv. Rabbi Uri Regev: “Any extension of the Tal Law does a huge disservice to the proud concept of the Peoples’ Army. The public will not tolerate continued discrimination in favor of the ultra-Orthodox; any extension will see great consequences in the next election.” http://hiddush.org/article-2334-0-US_State_Department_warns_tourists_against_“immodest_dress”.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2334-0-US_State_Department_warns_tourists_against_“immodest_dress”.aspx Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:45:00 GMT Updated travel guidelines from the US State Department reflect growing concern about violence against women for their dress. http://hiddush.org/article-2333-0-Women_only_5_percent_of_religious_councils.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2333-0-Women_only_5_percent_of_religious_councils.aspx Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:55:00 GMT 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. http://hiddush.org/article-2331-0-Say_no_to_unfair_housing_subsidies.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2331-0-Say_no_to_unfair_housing_subsidies.aspx Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:19:00 GMT Hiddush Petition against suggested guidelines for affordable housing that blatantly favor ultra-Orthodox applicants http://hiddush.org/article-2330-0-Picture_of_Maj_Gen_Orna_Babibay_erased_from_ultraOrthodox_paper.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2330-0-Picture_of_Maj_Gen_Orna_Babibay_erased_from_ultraOrthodox_paper.aspx Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:25:00 GMT The face of the head of Human Resources for the IDF was completely erased, while her body remained on a Knesset panel discussion the Tal Law. http://hiddush.org/article-2328-0-What_was_Eli_Yishai_thinking.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2328-0-What_was_Eli_Yishai_thinking.aspx Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:16:00 GMT Eli Yishai's recent comparison of the Six Day War and the Second Lebanon War were not only offensive, they were just plain incorrect. http://hiddush.org/article-2322-0-Yishai_Six_Day_War_a_success_because_soldiers_“raised_their_eyes_to_Gd”.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2322-0-Yishai_Six_Day_War_a_success_because_soldiers_“raised_their_eyes_to_Gd”.aspx Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:25:00 GMT Interior Ministry Eli Yishai says the difference between the Second Lebanon War and the Six Day War was the faith of the soldiers http://hiddush.org/article-2321-0-Rabbi_Regev_says_Torpedo_Netanyahu’s_extension_to_the_Tal_Law.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2321-0-Rabbi_Regev_says_Torpedo_Netanyahu’s_extension_to_the_Tal_Law.aspx Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:38:00 GMT The Tal Law, which intended to provide ultra-Orthodox men a means to fulfill military or civil service, has been called “a miserable farce” by MK Nitzan Horowitz. Rabbi Regev says “Any extension in the law beyond a year will be rewarding the law’s failure and encourage draft dodging.” http://hiddush.org/article-2320-0-Hiddush_Poll_43_of_the_Israeli_Jewish_public_support_Lapid’s_entry_into_political_life.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2320-0-Hiddush_Poll_43_of_the_Israeli_Jewish_public_support_Lapid’s_entry_into_political_life.aspx Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:14:00 GMT 34% of the respondents said they are very likely or somewhat likely to vote for a new party that will advance religious freedom and the equal shouldering of civic responsibilities. Hiddush president, Rabbi Uri Regev: “There is great eagerness among Israelis for a new political leader that will focus on religious freedom and equality”. http://hiddush.org/article-2319-0-Israeli_teens_speak_out_against_draft_evasion.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2319-0-Israeli_teens_speak_out_against_draft_evasion.aspx Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:57:00 GMT In a recent Facebook group, over 2000 high school seniors have signed a letter condemning governmental policy that exempts ultra-Orthodox from the draft, and demand change http://hiddush.org/article-2318-0-Religious_Segregation.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2318-0-Religious_Segregation.aspx Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:28:00 GMT Rabbi Uri Regev speaks http://hiddush.org/article-2308-0-In_2059_the_ultraOrthodox_will_make_up_between_23_and_40_of_Israel’s_population_says_Israel’s_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2308-0-In_2059_the_ultraOrthodox_will_make_up_between_23_and_40_of_Israel’s_population_says_Israel’s_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics.aspx Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:53:00 GMT Shahar Ilan, Hiddush Vice President: "Any government that doesn’t work to integrate ultra-Orthodox into society sells out our children's future, the future of Zionism and the future of those ultra-Orthodox children" http://hiddush.org/article-2306-0-Attempt_to_allow_voluntary_segregation_of_buses_fails.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2306-0-Attempt_to_allow_voluntary_segregation_of_buses_fails.aspx Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:12:00 GMT A bus was delayed half an hour after a woman refused to give in to ultra-Orthodox demans to sit in the back. CEO of Hiddush, Rabbi Uri Regev says: Ultra-Orthodox zealots enforce bus segregation with violence http://hiddush.org/article-2303-0-Only_40_of_ultraOrthodox_high_schools_teach_math_and_English.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2303-0-Only_40_of_ultraOrthodox_high_schools_teach_math_and_English.aspx Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:12:00 GMT Ultra-Orthodox schools for boys are exempted from teaching basic subjects like math and science. Currently, there are 20,000 teens that study at such schools. http://hiddush.org/article-2305-0-Israel_receives_a_“0”_in_the_International_Religious_Freedom_Index.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2305-0-Israel_receives_a_“0”_in_the_International_Religious_Freedom_Index.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:13:00 GMT Israel in the bottom quarter of the world index of religious freedom, scoring the same as Iran, Afghanistan and Russia. Hiddush head Rabbi Uri Regev: “This index shows the growing gap between the support of most Israelis for religious freedom, and the governments’ growing surrender to fundamentalist religious politicians.” http://hiddush.org/article-2301-0-Israeli_school_to_its_student_If_you_sing_in_front_of_men_you’re_gone.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2301-0-Israeli_school_to_its_student_If_you_sing_in_front_of_men_you’re_gone.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:50:00 GMT Ministry of Education supports the position of the school: OK to prohibit students from participating in activities against Jewish law http://hiddush.org/article-2300-0-ADL_denounces_ultraOrthodox_spitting_at_Christian_clergymen.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2300-0-ADL_denounces_ultraOrthodox_spitting_at_Christian_clergymen.aspx Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:31:00 GMT The ADL reached out to Chief Rabbis Amar and Metzger, asking them to condemn violent acts from their ultra-Orthodox constituents toward Christian clergy http://hiddush.org/article-2299-0-Human_Rights_Day_in_Israel.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2299-0-Human_Rights_Day_in_Israel.aspx Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:25:00 GMT As we reflect on Human Rights Day, we are reminded of the dire need of Israel to acknowledge its failure in ensuring those promised in both the International Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of Independence of Israel itself. http://hiddush.org/article-2293-0-Jeffrey_Goldberg_shows_“How_Israel_Can_Stop_Alienating_American_Jews”.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2293-0-Jeffrey_Goldberg_shows_“How_Israel_Can_Stop_Alienating_American_Jews”.aspx Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:22:00 GMT Jeffrey Goldberg suggests several ideas as to “How Israel Can Stop Alienating American Jews”, including showing respect for diverse Jewish expression and ending ultra-Orthodox discrimination http://hiddush.org/article-2292-0-MK_Livnat_Ministerial_Committee_on_the_Status_of_Women_will_be_convened.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2292-0-MK_Livnat_Ministerial_Committee_on_the_Status_of_Women_will_be_convened.aspx Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:19:00 GMT Debates rage on as discrimination of women and erasing them from public spheres continues, with disagreement between head of the Ministerial Committee on the Status of Women and Shas minister Mashulam Nahari http://hiddush.org/article-2291-0-Chief_Rabbi_Amar_“The_Rabbinate_is_excellent…We_have_proven_ourselves”.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2291-0-Chief_Rabbi_Amar_“The_Rabbinate_is_excellent…We_have_proven_ourselves”.aspx Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:56:00 GMT 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.” http://hiddush.org/article-2290-0-Hiddush_outraged_by_possibility_of_allmale_committee_for_Rabbinic_appointment.aspx http://hiddush.org/article-2290-0-Hiddush_outraged_by_possibility_of_allmale_committee_for_Rabbinic_appointment.aspx Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:10:00 GMT Suggested appointments for the Committee for Rabbinical Judges would leave the committee without female members, exacerbating and intensifying the already gender-discriminatory rabbinic court system