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  • Politics casts shadow over encouraging legal progress & public opinion
    Written by Uri Regev on 26/05/2016
    Hiddush derives encouragement from developments on the fronts of public opinion and the legal arena, but on the political scene, the news is more bleak than encouraging when it comes to issues of religious freedom & equality.

  • 2/3 Israelis unaware divorce available only via Israel's rabbinical courts
    Written by on 26/05/2016
    Two-thirds of the Jewish Israeli population are unaware that Jewish couples can only get legally divorced through Israel's rabbinical courts, even if they were married in civil ceremonies abroad.

  • A Missed Opportunity to Support Secular Life in Israel
    Written by on 06/05/2016
    The rabbinate sees itself as waging a culture war, and it has been winning. Since the state’s founding rabbinic power thwarts the development of a secular conception of citizenship. Hiddush polled Israeli Jews and found that 71% support the freedom to marry and divorce independent of the Orthodox rabbinate.

  • Dishonoring Holocaust Remembrance Day
    Written by Uri Regev on 06/05/2016
    Leading up to Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, which Israeli and Diaspora Jewish communities are marking today, the ultra-Orthodox Yated Ne'eman newspaper chose to highlight their theological linking between the State of Israel and worldwide growing anti-Semitism.

  • 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.

  • Minister Azoulay heeds his rabbis rather than his government
    Written by on 06/05/2016
    It has almost become a painful routine to update our readers on the all too frequent outrageous statements made by Israel's ultra-orthodox cabinet members and MKs, which go against all commonly accepted norms of rule of law and democracy.

  • Equating Israel and Antisemitism???
    Written by on 05/05/2016
    Leading up to Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, which Israeli and Diaspora Jewish communities are marking today, the ultra-Orthodox Yated Ne'eman newspaper chose to highlight their theological linking between the State of Israel and worldwide growing anti-Semitism.

  • Women of the Wall pray without priestly blessings
    Written by on 24/04/2016
    Worshipers required to stand in specially cordoned-off area of women’s section, under heavy police guard.

  • Landmark conversions ruling is a victory for religious freedom in Israel
    Written by on 22/04/2016
    The Israeli Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on conversion is a truly historic decision—for Israeli and American Jewry.

  • Israelis want US Jews involved in religious policy
    Written by on 21/04/2016
    60% of the Jewish Israeli public supports the involvement of American Jewish organizations in advancing marriage freedom in Israel. Israelis welcome American Jewish partnership in advancing this cause, both for the sake of Israel and for the sake of world Jewry!

  • Jerusalem Chief Rabbi: Women of the Wall is 'satan incarnate'
    Written by on 21/04/2016
    Having already described Israel's laws and civil courts as manifestations of Satan, Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Amar has now publicly described Women of the Wall as "Satan incarnate," claiming they should be hospitalized.

  • SPECIAL REPORT: Israel’s burial debate
    Written by on 18/04/2016
    By law, every Jewish person who dies in Israel, whether they are a citizen or not, is entitled to a burial plot and funeral ceremony paid for by the National Insurance Institution. It sounds simple, but in fact it is bewilderingly complex.

  • Revealed: The hidden cost of Israel's public spending on religious services
    Written by on 14/04/2016
    First-of-its-kind study shows religious allocations in 2016 amount to $2.3 billion — or 2.3% of total state budget — spread across several ministries.

  • 71% Israeli Jews attach importance to marriage & divorce freedom
    Written by on 12/04/2016
    60% of the Jewish Israeli public supports the involvement of American Jewish organizations in advancing marriage freedom in Israel. There is no doubt that for Israelis – breaking the yoke of the fundamentalist Orthodox Rabbinate in marriage and divorce is a top priority among the religion/state battles. Israelis welcome American Jewish partnership in advancing this cause, both for the sake of Israel and for the sake of world Jewry!

  • Just 3% of Israelis See Kotel Fight as ‘Most Important’ — Most Back Civil Marriage
    Written by on 12/04/2016
    Sixty percent of Israeli Jews support the work of American Jewish coalitions whose goal is to advance civil marriage in Israel, according to a new Hiddush poll.

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