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Only 40% of ultra-Orthodox high schools teach math and English
Written by on 15/12/2011
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.
Israel receives a “0” in the International Religious Freedom Index
Written by on 14/12/2011
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.”
MK Livnat: Ministerial Committee on the Status of Women will be convened
Written by on 28/11/2011
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
Chief Rabbi Amar: “The Rabbinate is excellent…We have proven ourselves”
Written by on 27/11/2011
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.”
Hiddush outraged by possibility of all-male committee for Rabbinic appointment
Written by on 23/11/2011
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