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  • Election Aftermath: Religion-State Wars are Back!
    Written by on 10/11/2022
    The die is cast, and given past experience, this will be the case, at least for a while. The world's attention is currently focused on the characters of Ben Gvir, the Kahanist, and Smotrich, who demands to serve as Minister of Defense or Minister of Finance. However, the questions regarding the consequences that the new government will have on Israel’s Jewish character and on the future of the rule of law are no less important.

  • Upcoming Elections: Rule of Law in Israel and USA
    Written by on 27/10/2022
    The latest statements of the leaders of the ultra-orthodox parties that we reported on last week made it clear to what extent the demands they announced as pre-conditions to their joining the next coalition are related to their desire to eliminate the last barrier blocking their planned moves in the field of religious coercion, to further erode equality and pluralism, and to their attempts to perpetuate preferential treatment and favorable discrimination that they enjoy, as they demanded and received from their coalition partners (from the right, the center and the political left) in the past.

  • 2022 Israel Religion & State Index
    Written by on 17/10/2022
    A large majority of the Jewish public want freedom of religion, civil marriage, public transportation on Shabbat, conscription of yeshiva students, cuts to yeshiva budgets, enforcement of core curricular studies and more.

  • Court rules: "Utah Marriages" to be registered!
    Written by on 02/10/2022
    The court has ruled: all Israeli couples married via "Utah Marriage" (video conferencing) are entitled to register as married.

  • Court Rules: Israeli Couples Married via "Utah Marriage" to be registered
    Written by on 30/09/2022
    The Administrative Court in Jerusalem ruled in favor of a petition filed by the NGO Hiddush - for Religious Freedom and Equality, directing the Population Authority and the Ministry of the Interior to register as married any couple that gets married via "Utah marriage” (A marriage platform created by Utah County, Utah, USA. Marriages are conducted via video conferencing with a marriage officiant in Utah and which can take place even if both spouses are in Israel or elsewhere in the world).

  • Happy New Year! '22 Israel Religion & State Index
    Written by on 25/09/2022
    As in every year since Hiddush’s founding in 2009, on the eve of Rosh HaShanah we have published our unique annual Israel Religion and State Index.

  • Religious Discrimination in Allocation of Municipal Funds
    Written by on 08/09/2022
    Over the past 5 years the Jerusalem municipality has allocated NIS 100 million to religious institutions - and not even one shekel of this sum was allocated for Christian and Muslim communities or liberal strands of Judaism.

  • Israel’s Supreme Court Under Threat
    Written by Uri Regev on 08/09/2022
    The future of Israel’s Judiciary, its independence and authority, and the rule of law have been threatened for some time, and are especially challenged at the present time, as Israel prepares for its fifth round of elections in the last three years.

  • Religion and the threat to Israel's Supreme Court
    Written by on 08/09/2022
    In our last newsletter we share with you the answer to the question “What are Israel's upcoming elections really about?”. We brought to your attention the findings of IDI's monthly survey, The Israeli Voice, from the previous month. This is not a coincidental finding. As we have been emphasizing for a long time: Israeli Jews are greatly concerned and challenged by issues of religion and state.

  • Where Does the Israeli Public Stand?
    Written by Uri Regev on 19/08/2022
    Where does the Jewish Israeli public stand on the controversial issues of religion and state? We will soon publish Hiddush’s annual Religion and State Index, which provides a comprehensive overview of the many topics included in this broad category. But in the meantime, we conducted a survey more limited in scope, on two key questions that are on the public and political agenda.

  • In the Legal Trenches
    Written by on 18/08/2022
    As the conclusion of the court’s summer recess approaches, we are preparing to renew litigation next month.

  • What are the upcoming Israeli elections about?
    Written by on 18/08/2022
    What are the upcoming elections about? What are the main emphases of the Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu, which all the polls predict will be the largest?

  • The Elephant politicians aren't talking about
    Written by Uri Regev on 02/08/2022
    It has now become increasingly apparent that that whoever is going to serve as Israel's next prime minister aspires to include the Haredi parties in his Coalition.

  • Utah Weddings - Potential Breakthrough
    Written by on 01/08/2022
    In a precedent-setting decision, the Lod District Court ruled earlier this month that civil marriages performed via Zoom under foreign auspices for couples in Israel will be inscribed in Israel’s Population Registry.

  • The elephant in the upcoming Israeli elections
    Written by on 01/08/2022
    It has now become increasingly apparent that that whoever is going to serve as Israel's next prime minister aspires to include the Haredi parties in his Coalition. Even though the current Coalition did not fulfill the great expectations [and promises] that it made relating to religious freedom and equality, it was still light years ahead in this area, compared with past coalitions that were dependent on Haredi political support. We will publish a more detailed account on this topic soon. This worrisome prospect demands much more attention on the part of both Israelis and responsible Jewish leaders in the Diaspora, since it adversely impacts both Israel-Diaspora relations as well as Israel's domestic civil rights, human dignity, religious freedom, and equality.

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