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Supreme Court rules on illegal writs of refusal from rabbinical court
Written by on 19/07/2016
The Supreme Court required the Attorney General's office to decide soon whether or not to file charges against the judges of the private, ultra-Orthodox rabbinical court who issued an excommunication notice to a Haredi resident Elad who are also suspected of blackmail, threatening private citizens, and obstruction of justice.
Supreme Court hears Hiddush petition against coercive rabbinical court
Written by on 26/07/2015
Justice Mazuz: “The ‘Writs of Refusal’ are intended to deny a person his rights as a man and a citizen by blocking his/her way to State institutions (i.e. - the courts) that can render him remedy in realizing his rights.”
Israel's High Court Unanimously Agrees with Hiddush
Written by on 14/11/2014
November 12 marked a major, promising step in our battles that will surely become a landmark legal case on the road to ensuring Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state. Privately issued "writs of refusal" excommunicating those who turn to Israel's legal system for justice are illegal - the private rabbinical courts continue acting illegally in defiance of the law.
Rabbi Uri Regev calls on Minister Lapid to keep tabs on Rabbi Pinto's earnings
Written by on 19/01/2014
Hiddush CEO calls on Israeli Finance Minister to increase supervision over funds flowing into the pockets of "Rabbis of the Stars" to prevent further criminal actions.
Hiddush petitions to the Supreme Court against rabbinical courts' excommunication practices
Written by on 20/05/2013
In a landmark case, Hiddush petitioned to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of an ultra-Orthodox resident of Elad to annul the writ of refusal issued by a rabbinical court for filing a case in Israel's civil courts.
Op-ed in the Washington Jewish Week: Not an Isolated Tragedy
Written by Uri Regev on 20/05/2013
Rabbi Uri Regev writes about the troubles that the American Jewish community are already facing in Israel as the government severly restricts Israelis and Jews rights to marry in the Jewish state.
Huffington Post Op-ed: Why Is It so Difficult for Jews to Marry in Israel?
Written by Uri Regev on 12/05/2013
Rabbi Uri Regev writes in the Huffington Post about the launching of the Freedom of Marriage World Map and Israel's severe restrictions on marriage.
In Hiddush's Freedom of Marriage World Map, Israel receives "0" for religious monopoly and severe restrictions on marriage.
Written by on 29/04/2013
45 countries, including Israel, received a grade of "0" due to severe restrictions on freedom of marriage. Hiddush CEO Rabbi Uri Regev: We cannot miss this historic opportunity for freedom of marriage in Israel.
A less spoken about angle: The threat Israel presents to Jewish peoplehood
Written by Uri Regev on 18/04/2013
In a publication of the Center for Jewish Peoplehood, Rabbi Uri Regev focuses on the damage to the sense of Peoplehood brought about by the lack of religious pluralism in Israel.
Human Rights Day in Israel
Written by Uri Regev on 09/12/2011
As we reflect on Human Rights Day, we are reminded of the dire need of Israel to acknowledge its failure in ensuring those promised in both the International Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of Independence of Israel itself.
All-Male committees
Written by on 22/11/2011
Rabbi Uri Regev speaks out against the slated all-male committee for appointing rabbinic judges, a further exclusion of women from public space