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  • Israel Allows Liberal Prayer at Western Wall in Nod to Diaspora
    Written by on 31/01/2016
    Israel’s cabinet approved the creation of a permanent space for non-Orthodox prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, under pressure from American Jewry and liberal Jewish denominations that have long chafed at Orthodox control of the holy site.

  • Religious politicians abuse their authority
    Written by Uri Regev on 28/01/2016
    The Education Ministry has frozen budgeted funds for non-Orthodox and secular education initiatives. The religious politicians abuse their authority, and pour millions into one-sided brainwashing efforts. It’s time for Israeli and Diaspora leaderships to declare: Judaism, pluralism, Jewish Peoplehood and democracy are too important to be left at the mercy of sectarian interests,

  • Religious politicians abuse their authority
    Written by on 28/01/2016
    Education Ministry freezes state budget for non-Orthodox educational programs, and Hiddush presents its advocacy strategy for religious freedom in Israel - how do we most effectively work for change?

  • Religious politicians abuse their authority
    Written by on 27/01/2016
    The Education Ministry has just acknowledged that it has frozen financial support for organizations promoting Jewish renewal, non-Orthodox and secular, despite the fact that these funds were included in the state budget.

  • How to most effectively advocate for religious freedom and equality in Israel
    Written by Uri Regev on 26/01/2016
    What advocacy strategy should supporters of religious freedom in Israel pursue? How should we set our policy priorities? How meaningful are Prime Minister Netanyahu's promises to Diaspora Jewry?

  • For Israelis who flee the ultra-Orthodox fold, a brave new world
    Written by on 23/01/2016
    A flood of ugly rumors were the final straw that pushed Yisrael Heller to flee the strict, ultra-Orthodox community with his family, in the dead of night. The Hellers are part of a wave of Israelis who are severing ties with the Haredi world.

  • Critics Compare Israel’s Religious Freedoms to Saudi Arabia: Rabbis Deny 1 in 10 Jews the Right to Marry in Israel
    Written by on 22/01/2016
    More than one in 10 Israeli Jews cannot marry legally in their own country, Israeli legislators heard last week, as Israel’s religious authorities face a growing backlash against their wide-ranging powers.

  • Israeli groups win grants to champion marriage outside rabbinate
    Written by on 22/01/2016
    Funding from various Jewish federations to go toward encouraging alternative wedding ceremonies

  • Rabbis deny 1 in 10 Jews the right to marry in Israel
    Written by on 21/01/2016
    Supreme religious body faces growing backlash as critics compare Israel’s religious freedoms to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan

  • Marriage freedom by the numbers
    Written by on 14/01/2016
    This week, Hiddush released its new presentation titled, 'Marriage Freedom in Israel: by the Numbers,' which provides answers to the questions most often asked about the condition of marriage freedom in Israel, and related issues. Shahar Ilan, the Hiddush VP of Research and Information, presented the data at the meeting of the Knesset's Peoplehood, Religion, & State Caucus.

  • Hiddush presents: Marriage freedom by the numbers
    Written by on 13/01/2016
    Hiddush released its new presentation titled, 'Marriage Freedom in Israel: by the Numbers,' which provides answers to the questions most often asked about the condition of marriage freedom in Israel, and related issues. Shahar Ilan, the Hiddush VP of Research and Information, presented the data at the meeting of the Knesset's Peoplehood, Religion, & State Caucus.

  • Marital rights
    Written by on 12/01/2016
    The time will come when Israel's political leadership will be forced to reform the anachronistic millet system.

  • Rabbinate's Strict Rules Bar 660K Jews From Marrying in Israel
    Written by on 12/01/2016
    Prohibitions on civil and non-Orthodox weddings in Israel prevent 660,000 Jewish-Israelis — including 364,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union — from marrying in the Jewish state, according to a nonprofit promoting religious freedom in Israel.

  • 660,000 Israelis unable to get married here
    Written by on 12/01/2016
    Prohibitions on civil and non-Orthodox weddings block 364,000 immigrants, 284,000 gays and lesbians, 13,000 non-Orthodox converts to Judaism, Knesset caucus told

  • President Rivlin's response to Rabbis Jacobs' & Wernick's demands
    Written by Uri Regev on 11/01/2016
    Rabbi Uri Regev unpacks an encounter between President Rivlin and U.S. rabbis of different denominations, and considers its actual substance, regarding whether we are indeed witnessing a change of heart on Rivlin’s part, and what this exchange may suggest for future strategy in this arena.

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