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“Drawing a Red Line against Religious Coercion": Public Transportation on Shabbat

23/08/2023 17:37

The light rail began operating in Tel Aviv will operate only five and a half days a week, and not on Shabbat

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U.S. State Department reports limitations on religious freedom despite opposition from most citizens

10/10/2011 17:06

The U.S. State Department 2010 Report on International Religious Freedom sites increasing tension in Israeli society between secular and ultra-Orthodox citizens on issues such as housing allocations, military service exemptions and allocations for religious institutions of study. The report also lists a series of cases of violence against women in terms of extreme demands for modest dress and gender separation.

Supreme Court Petition to Allow Civil Marriage

04/10/2011 14:42

Hiddush CEO Rabbi Uri Regev remarks “The reality which denies the basic human right of marriage to hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens is intolerable.”

Trajtenberg Committee Recommends Compulsory core curriculum, limiting the study of young men in yeshiva.

26/09/2011 11:07

The Trajtenberg Committee, appointed by the Prime Minister to address the public’s concern on socio-economic issues, has released its findings. They have made bold recommendations, asking to require ultra-Orthodox schools to utilize core curriculum, and limit publicly funded yeshiva study to five years except in the case of prodigies. CEO Rabbi Uri Regev called for Netanyahu to implement the recommendations in full and stave off pressures from ultra-Orthodox political parties.

Economic Change Will Need Ultra-Orthodox Men

24/08/2011 17:55

Hiddush Vice-President, Shahar Ilan, warns the Trajtenberg Committee meeting that economic reform must take into account the lack of young ultra-Orthodox men to the work force.

Chabad Hassidism is anti-Zionist

17/07/2011 10:29

The Lubavitcher Rebbe defined Israel as ‘bitter exile and double-fold darkness.’ Senior Chabad members describe the Rebbe as one of the great fighters against Zionism. Hiddush head Rabbi Regev calls on the government ‘to stop the campaign of debasement before the anti-Zionist Hassidic sect and order and end to funding and all contact between the state and Chabad.’

After the buses: gender segregation reaches share taxis

03/07/2011 10:36

The segregation between women and men does not end with the ‘Mehadrin Lines.’ Hiddush’s spokesman personally experienced segregation in share taxis: ‘I was removed from the vehicle after a single stop, because women would not let me sit next to them.’ Taxi drivers say segregation has them setting out with half-empty cabs

Hiddush to Labor Party candidates: Spell out your positions on issues

15/06/2011 11:12

Hiddush sent the six candidates a questionnaire in which it asks them to specify their positions on a series of subjects: civil marriage, core curriculum studies, conversion, funding for yeshivas, and more. Hiddush: Labor’s positions on matters of religion and state will significantly affect its chances of recovery

Who revoked Ruth's conversion?

07/06/2011 13:18

On the eve of Shavuot, Hiddush launches campaign to bring attention to the issue of conversion in Israel

Women On Religious Councils

16/05/2011 13:34

Hiddush study shows women make up only 5% of religious councils

Following Hiddush report, Margi Undertakes to Appoint Women to Religious Councils

16/05/2011 11:29

In a letter to Hiddush head Rabbi Uri Regev, the religious affairs minister writes that Shas leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef also favors appointing women council members. Regev: ‘Breakthrough is welcome but Shas still views women as decoration and not a single woman is in charge of a council’