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Hiddush fighting for gender equality

Hiddush fighting for gender equality

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

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

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

On the legal front

On the legal front

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

A coalition that will escalate Jewish disunity

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

Religion and state under Netanyahu's new government

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.

The famous meeting between Ben Gurion and the Hazon Ish

The famous meeting between Ben Gurion and the Hazon Ish

An interview conducted by Yedioth Ahronoth journalist Boaz Evron with the fifth President of the State of Israel, Mr. Yitzhak Navon, regarding the meeting of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion with Rabbi Avraham Isaiah Karlitz [known as the ‘Hazon Ish’].

Who doesn't recognize Holocaust Memorial Day?

Who doesn't recognize Holocaust Memorial Day?

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.

What to expect of a Gantz-Netanyahu government

What to expect of a Gantz-Netanyahu government

Hiddush's response to the tremendous and impactful political upheaval that is taking place in Israel right now, with Benny Gantz agreeing to join a government led by Bibi Netanyahu.

B'nei Brak residents prohibited from driving home

B'nei Brak residents prohibited from driving home

Hiddush is handling a new request we received from a group of people, including seniors and some who are partially disabled, who have been living in Bnei Brak for decades, on a street that is home for both religious and secular residents.

An open letter to the Jewish Agency Board of Governors

An open letter to the Jewish Agency Board of Governors

Ironically, while the Israeli government expresses identification with victims of antisemitism, regardless of their religious stream, it continues to deny equality for non-Orthodox Jews in Israel.

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