https://hiddush.org/subchannel-23-0-Chief_Rabbinate.aspx This is an RSS update from channel Chief Rabbinate on Hiddush website Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:53:26 GMT He-il https://hiddush.org/article-23498-0-Chief_Rabbi_Yosef_Science_math_are_nonsense.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23498-0-Chief_Rabbi_Yosef_Science_math_are_nonsense.aspx Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:04:00 GMT Every week we receive reminders that the Chief Rabbinate's institution poses a danger to the State of Israel. This time it is the Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, the son of the late Chief Rabbi and Shas leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. https://hiddush.org/article-23432-0-Israelis_turn_away_from_marrying_in_the_Rabbinate.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23432-0-Israelis_turn_away_from_marrying_in_the_Rabbinate.aspx Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:55:00 GMT Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) recent release shows that while the Jewish population in Israel grows, the number of couples that marry under the auspices of the Chief Rabbinate is significantly and consistently dropping! https://hiddush.org/article-23376-0-Chief_Rabbi_Yosef_calls_immigrants_to_Israel_nonJewish_communists.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23376-0-Chief_Rabbi_Yosef_calls_immigrants_to_Israel_nonJewish_communists.aspx Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:02:00 GMT Almost every news broadcast in recent days, whether on radio or television, has included a segment on the scandalous statements made by Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, denigrating the olim from the former Soviet Union, as well as the numerous public and political reactions to his vile, violent message. https://hiddush.org/article-23263-0-Hiddush_blocks_Chief_Rabbis_conflict_of_interest.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23263-0-Hiddush_blocks_Chief_Rabbis_conflict_of_interest.aspx Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:26:00 GMT This week, Hiddush received a statement from the Office of the Attorney General, confirming that our request had been received and that detailed instructions had been given to the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, regarding the official restrictions imposed upon him in his handling of kashrut issues due to a conflict of interest. https://hiddush.org/article-23224-0-Israel’s_Chief_Rabbinate_is_a_threat_to_Jewish_unity_and_democracy.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23224-0-Israel’s_Chief_Rabbinate_is_a_threat_to_Jewish_unity_and_democracy.aspx Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:00:00 GMT Last week, Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, explained a point of ritual by likening a black child born to white parents to a “monkey.” Immediately following the publication of his racist remarks, a storm erupted. It was widely broadcast, including by JTA, Newsweek and the Palestinian media. https://hiddush.org/article-23223-0-Chief_rabbi_calls_black_people_‘monkeys’.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23223-0-Chief_rabbi_calls_black_people_‘monkeys’.aspx Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:59:00 GMT Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef uses pejorative term 'kushi' for African Americans in weekly sermon https://hiddush.org/article-23222-0-Chief_Rabbinate_refuses_to_recognize_Orthodox_marriage.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23222-0-Chief_Rabbinate_refuses_to_recognize_Orthodox_marriage.aspx Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:11:00 GMT Noam Oren and his wife married in a religious ceremony, but authorities refuse to recognize it due to their insistence on protecting each other from potential divorce refusal. https://hiddush.org/article-23213-0-Tzohar_enters_the_kashrut_certification_market.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23213-0-Tzohar_enters_the_kashrut_certification_market.aspx Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:24:00 GMT An important chapter in the ongoing saga of religion and state has been written in Israel this week. In a widely covered press conference, the Zionist Orthodox Tzohar rabbinic organization announced that it is launching a kosher supervising entity that will compete with the Chief Rabbinate and offer the Israeli food industry an alternative supervision more convenient than that of the state. https://hiddush.org/article-23211-0-Another_nail_in_the_Chief_Rabbinates_coffin.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23211-0-Another_nail_in_the_Chief_Rabbinates_coffin.aspx Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:04:00 GMT Hiddush welcomes the announcement that Tzohar rabbis will be entering the kashrut certification market with its own private certification in direct competition with the Chief Rabbinate's state empowered monopoly. This religiously coercive monopoly is unparalleled in the democratic world. https://hiddush.org/article-23210-0-Chief_Rabbinate_once_again_seeks_out_Nonkosher_Jews.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23210-0-Chief_Rabbinate_once_again_seeks_out_Nonkosher_Jews.aspx Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:19:00 GMT Rabbi Uri Regev was interviewed by the Israeli Russian language news portal “Detaly” on the matter of the Chief Rabbinate’s recently uncovered initiative to enshrine in law its right to compile a list of persons whose Jewish statuses are doubtful by its standards. https://hiddush.org/article-22148-0-Corruption_in_the_name_of_God.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-22148-0-Corruption_in_the_name_of_God.aspx Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:18:00 GMT In the last couple days, a new chapter was added to the never ending saga of Israeli religious leaders who view the law as merely a suggestion. Whether for personal benefit or political opportunism, they do not hesitate to deviate from law and common norms. https://hiddush.org/article-22141-0-Hiddush_in_pursuit_of_legal_justice.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-22141-0-Hiddush_in_pursuit_of_legal_justice.aspx Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:45:00 GMT Hiddush just scored a victory in the Jerusalem District Court in a freedom-of-information case, involving a huge amount of governmental grant monies, exceeding one hundred million NIS, provided to mostly Orthodox religious outreach organizations by multiple governmental agencies https://hiddush.org/article-22139-0-Former_chief_rabbi_calls_Reform_Jews_worse_than_Holocaust_deniers.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-22139-0-Former_chief_rabbi_calls_Reform_Jews_worse_than_Holocaust_deniers.aspx Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:58:00 GMT The chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar, called Reform Jews worse than Holocaust deniers because they reject traditional Jewish law. https://hiddush.org/article-20130-0-FAKE_NEWS_LIBA_declares_71_Israelis_prefer_to_marry_via_Rabbinate.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-20130-0-FAKE_NEWS_LIBA_declares_71_Israelis_prefer_to_marry_via_Rabbinate.aspx Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:09:00 GMT The LIBA Center, which proclaims to be "dedicated to strengthening the Jewish Character of the State of Israel" once again demonstrated how to mislead the public by means of statistics. https://hiddush.org/article-17129-0-The_Chief_Rabbinates_recently_divulged_blacklist_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17129-0-The_Chief_Rabbinates_recently_divulged_blacklist_.aspx Thu, 13 Jul 2017 10:59:00 GMT If the Israeli government's recent suspension of the Kotel compromise and push for a restrictive conversion bill were not enough, Israel and the Jewish world woke up this week to yet a newly leaked "blacklist" created by Israel's Chief Rabbinate. https://hiddush.org/article-17057-0-81_support_ending_the_Chief_Rabbinates_kashrut_monopoly_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17057-0-81_support_ending_the_Chief_Rabbinates_kashrut_monopoly_.aspx Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:07:00 GMT Most of the Jewish Israeli public supports granting kashrut certification to restaurants that operate on Saturdays (Shabbat). The High Court once again finds itself dealing with the rotten fruits of Israeli politics, who give in over and over again to the religious parties' dictates, against the wishes of the majority of the Israeli public. https://hiddush.org/article-17056-0-Chief_Rabbi_Yosef_attacks_Israels_civil_courts.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17056-0-Chief_Rabbi_Yosef_attacks_Israels_civil_courts.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:25:00 GMT Last week at a national rabbinic conference, Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared that rabbis should warn the Israeli public that in the event of legal disputes, they should take their cases to the rabbinical courts, rather than to Israel's civil courts. https://hiddush.org/article-17023-0-No_legal_prohibition_against_displaying_Christmas_trees.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17023-0-No_legal_prohibition_against_displaying_Christmas_trees.aspx Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:59:00 GMT Following a letter sent by the Jerusalem Rabbinate to the city's hotels, which claimed it inappropriate to display Christmas trees in hotels and inappropriate to permit New Year's parties, Hiddush promptly wrote to the Ministry of Religious Services. https://hiddush.org/article-17021-0-The_growing_challenge_to_religious_freedom_and_equality_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17021-0-The_growing_challenge_to_religious_freedom_and_equality_.aspx Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:45:00 GMT The ultra-Orthodox parties, joined by a number of key members of other Coalition parties, to put an end to the prospects of greater opportunities for Women's and egalitarian worship practices at the Western Wall plaza. https://hiddush.org/article-17017-0-Committee_to_determine_criteria_for_recognizing_Orthodox_Diaspora_rabbis.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17017-0-Committee_to_determine_criteria_for_recognizing_Orthodox_Diaspora_rabbis.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:47:00 GMT The Council of the Chief Rabbinate and the rabbinical judges of the Supreme Rabbinical Court convened Wednesday and established a joint committee to draft criteria for recognizing the weddings, divorces and conversions of rabbis in the Diaspora. https://hiddush.org/article-16970-0-2016_Religion__State_Index_freedom_of_marriage.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16970-0-2016_Religion__State_Index_freedom_of_marriage.aspx Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:45:00 GMT A revolution: About half of the Jewish public would prefer not to get married via the monopolistic, state empowered Chief Rabbinate https://hiddush.org/article-16959-0-Contradictory_messages_exuding_from_the_State_of_Israel_to_Diaspora_Jewry.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16959-0-Contradictory_messages_exuding_from_the_State_of_Israel_to_Diaspora_Jewry.aspx Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:50:00 GMT This week, two reports were published in the media, which directly contradicted Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Education Naftali Bennett's words just last month: "The State of Israel belongs to all the Jews of the world. https://hiddush.org/article-16956-0-74_of_Israeli_Jews_would_prefer_egalitarian_Jewish_wedding_ceremonies.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16956-0-74_of_Israeli_Jews_would_prefer_egalitarian_Jewish_wedding_ceremonies.aspx Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:57:00 GMT Israeli Jews are tired of having this anti-egalitarian, irrelevant ritual forced upon them. The public wants a modernized Jewish ceremony. https://hiddush.org/article-16909-0-A_Missed_Opportunity_to_Support_Secular_Life_in_Israel.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16909-0-A_Missed_Opportunity_to_Support_Secular_Life_in_Israel.aspx Fri, 06 May 2016 10:44:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-16891-0-Minister_Azoulay_heeds_his_rabbis_rather_than_his_government.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16891-0-Minister_Azoulay_heeds_his_rabbis_rather_than_his_government.aspx Fri, 06 May 2016 09:20:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-16890-0-Jerusalem_Chief_Rabbi_Women_of_the_Wall_is_satan_incarnate.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16890-0-Jerusalem_Chief_Rabbi_Women_of_the_Wall_is_satan_incarnate.aspx Thu, 21 Apr 2016 09:04:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-16844-0-Landmark_ruling_to_allow_nonOrthodox_converts_access_to_all_mikva’ot.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16844-0-Landmark_ruling_to_allow_nonOrthodox_converts_access_to_all_mikva’ot.aspx Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:01:00 GMT A new front, far more vicious and perilous, has emerged. The Chief Rabbinate and ultra-Orthodox politicians are gearing up to prevent the implementation of this ruling to further undermine the Supreme Court and demonize the non-Orthodox movements. https://hiddush.org/article-16810-0-71_of_Israeli_Jews_Rabbinates_monopoly_distances_Jews_from_Judaism.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16810-0-71_of_Israeli_Jews_Rabbinates_monopoly_distances_Jews_from_Judaism.aspx Sun, 14 Feb 2016 14:54:00 GMT Not only is the denial of the freedom to marry antithetical to core democratic principles, but it also undermines Jewish interests. 71% of the Israeli Jewish public maintain that the Chief Rabbinate's and the rabbinical courts' monopoly over marriage and divorce distances Jews from Judaism. https://hiddush.org/article-16771-0-The_Chief_Rabbinates_antiChristmas_policy.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16771-0-The_Chief_Rabbinates_antiChristmas_policy.aspx Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:10:00 GMT The ban on placing Christmas trees in hotels is but one example of the many ways that the rabbinate disregards the law and extorts submission to its norms in breach of the law. https://hiddush.org/article-16768-0-Israels_Rabbinate_coerces_and_discriminates_in_hotels.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16768-0-Israels_Rabbinate_coerces_and_discriminates_in_hotels.aspx Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:39:00 GMT Despite officially and publicly updating its kashrut regulations for hotels this year, in order to be in compliance with the law, Israel's Rabbinate continues to coerce hotels to enforce Shabbat restrictions and its illegal ban against all Christian holiday symbols. https://hiddush.org/article-16766-0-Chief_Rabbi_Laus_blatant_antipluralism_hypocrisy.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16766-0-Chief_Rabbi_Laus_blatant_antipluralism_hypocrisy.aspx Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:37:00 GMT Last week, Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau publicly rebuked Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of education and Diaspora affairs. Bennett’s religious sin, per Lau, was visiting the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, and tweeting an enthusiastic reflection of the school and the love for Israel and Judaism that he had seen there. https://hiddush.org/article-16765-0-Chief_Rabbi_Lau_publicly_antiDiaspora_Judaism.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16765-0-Chief_Rabbi_Lau_publicly_antiDiaspora_Judaism.aspx Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:52:00 GMT It is difficult to conceive of a greater contradiction than that between Chief Rabbi David Lau’s outrageous statement last week, lashing out at Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit to the Conservative Movement’s Schechter School in Manhattan, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s welcome declaration at last month’s General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, where he stated that he would “ensure that all Jews – Reform, Conservative and Orthodox – feel at home in Israel.” https://hiddush.org/article-15758-0-Chief_Rabbinate_perverting_Sukkot_with_religious_bigotry.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-15758-0-Chief_Rabbinate_perverting_Sukkot_with_religious_bigotry.aspx Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:04:00 GMT Only one year ago, Chief Rabbi Lau self-righteously preached to the Pope, proclaiming Israel's greatness in protection of religious freedom, and now he himself aimed to curtail Christian prayer services in Jerusalem. https://hiddush.org/article-15748-0-Revealing_interview_with_Chief_Rabbi_David_Lau.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-15748-0-Revealing_interview_with_Chief_Rabbi_David_Lau.aspx Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:29:00 GMT Chief Rabbi David Lau reminds us once again why the mindset of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate is so misguided and objectionable. His manipulative approach is rejected throughout the Jewish diaspora and nowhere throughout the democratic Jewish communities would such “logic” hold water. https://hiddush.org/article-10708-0-Revolution_in_Rabbinate’s_Kashrut_Regulations_following_Hiddush’s_Battle.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-10708-0-Revolution_in_Rabbinate’s_Kashrut_Regulations_following_Hiddush’s_Battle.aspx Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:29:00 GMT The Chief Rabbinate updates its kashrut regulations for hotels, hostels and event halls to be in accordance with Israeli law. Finally, kashrut certification will only be granted upon the basis of whether the food is kosher or not! https://hiddush.org/article-9705-0-The_Rabbinate’s_animosity_toward_Christianity.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-9705-0-The_Rabbinate’s_animosity_toward_Christianity.aspx Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:37:00 GMT International acceptance and global Jewish support for Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state must be founded upon respect for all faiths and an embrace of Jewish diversity. https://hiddush.org/article-7678-0-Private_kosher_certification_Integrity_or_Fraud.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-7678-0-Private_kosher_certification_Integrity_or_Fraud.aspx Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:05:00 GMT A small revolution is under way in Jerusalem - activist Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz has founded a private kosher certification organization called Hashgacha Pratit, and is challenging the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification in Israel. https://hiddush.org/article-6671-0-Rabbi_Shlomo_Amars_Uncandid_Candidacy.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-6671-0-Rabbi_Shlomo_Amars_Uncandid_Candidacy.aspx Mon, 27 Oct 2014 18:21:00 GMT Rabbi Shlomo Amar was elected Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Jerusalem after some back room wheeling and dealing. He invited Dr. Laura Wharton and Rabbi Bandel of Meretz over during the holiday of Sukkot to secure the Meretz vote, and then he claimed not to know them. https://hiddush.org/article-6669-0-Values_we_should_expect_from_the_chief_rabbis_of_Jerusalem.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-6669-0-Values_we_should_expect_from_the_chief_rabbis_of_Jerusalem.aspx Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:00:00 GMT There is grave concern that instead of the necessary attributes for those fit to serve as Jerusalem’s chief rabbis, the selection will instead be based upon political deals and ulterior motives. https://hiddush.org/article-6667-0-Christian_intolerance_towards_the_Jews_of_Huxley.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-6667-0-Christian_intolerance_towards_the_Jews_of_Huxley.aspx Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:23:00 GMT Jewish organizations, as expected, come to the defense of the Jewish community of Huxley, as Christian leaders attempt to ban their prayer event. But what would Jewish organizations do in the reverse situation? https://hiddush.org/article-3641-0-Hypocrisy_and_selfrighteousness.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-3641-0-Hypocrisy_and_selfrighteousness.aspx Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:06:00 GMT Should Israelis and world Jewry be satisfied with the chief rabbis’ pronouncements during Pope Francis’s recent visit to Israel? On the surface, the answer is “yes.” https://hiddush.org/article-2544-0-Jerusalem_Post_Editorial_Dissolve_the_rabbinate.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2544-0-Jerusalem_Post_Editorial_Dissolve_the_rabbinate.aspx Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:43:00 GMT The 2013 Religion and State Index showed that 70% of Israeli Jews oppose the Chief Rabbinate in its current form. That includes Israelis from all over the Jewish spectrum. This time, it's the Jerusalem Post Editorial Board calling for the desperately-needed change. https://hiddush.org/article-2513-0-Following_the_election_Its_time_to_bring_the_Chief_Rabbinate_to_its_proper_burial.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2513-0-Following_the_election_Its_time_to_bring_the_Chief_Rabbinate_to_its_proper_burial.aspx Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:14:00 GMT In light of the results of the Chief Rabbinate elections, Hiddush CEO Rabbi Uri Regev is calling to dismantle the institution. https://hiddush.org/article-2492-0-Jerusalem_Post_Oped_Its_time_to_retire_the_Chief_Rabbinate.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2492-0-Jerusalem_Post_Oped_Its_time_to_retire_the_Chief_Rabbinate.aspx Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:45:00 GMT On July 24, a voting body made up of 150 rabbis, politicians and community leaders will decide who will be the next Sephardi and Ashkenazi chief rabbis of Israel. What is this coercive institution doing to Israeli Judaism? https://hiddush.org/article-2411-0-Israels_Other_Impending_Election.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2411-0-Israels_Other_Impending_Election.aspx Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:27:00 GMT David Stav Offers Illusion of Pluralism in Chief Rabbi Fight https://hiddush.org/article-2400-0-Hiddush_Original_Don’t_Push_me_to_the_Back_of_the_Bus.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2400-0-Hiddush_Original_Don’t_Push_me_to_the_Back_of_the_Bus.aspx Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:41:00 GMT Marking International Human Rights Day on December 10th, Hiddush released a short film in protest, featuring Israeli Artists celebrities called “Don’t push me to the back of the bus!” https://hiddush.org/article-2398-0-Hiddushs_Annual_Israel_Religion_and_State_Index_2012.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2398-0-Hiddushs_Annual_Israel_Religion_and_State_Index_2012.aspx Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:37:00 GMT Support for religious freedom rises to 85%, 67% say Haredi MKs distance public from Judaism, 76% dissatisfied with government policies on religion https://hiddush.org/article-2389-0-The_Joke_of_Israel’s_Civil_Partnership_Law.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2389-0-The_Joke_of_Israel’s_Civil_Partnership_Law.aspx Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:19:00 GMT Fewer than 1.5 couples register with the Civil Partnership registrar each month according to statistics the Ministry of Justice released to Hiddush. Hiddush President Rabbi Uri Regev: “The time has come for Yisrael Beiteinu to realize its mistake and demand the passage of a real Civil Marriage law.” https://hiddush.org/article-2300-0-ADL_denounces_ultraOrthodox_spitting_at_Christian_clergymen.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2300-0-ADL_denounces_ultraOrthodox_spitting_at_Christian_clergymen.aspx Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:31:00 GMT The ADL reached out to Chief Rabbis Amar and Metzger, asking them to condemn violent acts from their ultra-Orthodox constituents toward Christian clergy https://hiddush.org/article-2291-0-Chief_Rabbi_Amar_“The_Rabbinate_is_excellent…We_have_proven_ourselves”.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2291-0-Chief_Rabbi_Amar_“The_Rabbinate_is_excellent…We_have_proven_ourselves”.aspx Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:56:00 GMT 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.” https://hiddush.org/article-2268-0-US_State_Department_reports_limitations_on_religious_freedom_despite_opposition_from_most_citizens.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2268-0-US_State_Department_reports_limitations_on_religious_freedom_despite_opposition_from_most_citizens.aspx Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:06:00 GMT 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. https://hiddush.org/article-2260-0-Supreme_Court_Petition_to_Allow_Civil_Marriage.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2260-0-Supreme_Court_Petition_to_Allow_Civil_Marriage.aspx Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:42:00 GMT 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.” https://hiddush.org/article-2178-0-Israelis_Can_Marry_By_Proxy.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2178-0-Israelis_Can_Marry_By_Proxy.aspx Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:44:00 GMT High Court continues to pave way towards civil marriage in Israel https://hiddush.org/article-2221-0-A_Free_Market_for_Beliefs.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2221-0-A_Free_Market_for_Beliefs.aspx Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:44:00 GMT A Hiddush program for privatizing religious services and eliminating the monopoly on them. https://hiddush.org/article-2117-0-Rabbis_are_leading_the_religious_struggles.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2117-0-Rabbis_are_leading_the_religious_struggles.aspx Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:02:00 GMT The public is not buying the claim that the shabbat militants are motivated by ethical reasons. 74% of the Jewish public: Judaism unifies, the rabbis divide. 53%: the police are handling the demonstrations too leniently. https://hiddush.org/article-2109-0-Rabbi_Ovadia_–_a_brave_ruling.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2109-0-Rabbi_Ovadia_–_a_brave_ruling.aspx Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:28:00 GMT Uri Orbach in an article on Ynet: Shas leader made a ruling that all other rabbis were afraid to make https://hiddush.org/article-2078-0-Court_verdict_reflects_womens_right_to_choose_bus_seat_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2078-0-Court_verdict_reflects_womens_right_to_choose_bus_seat_.aspx Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:50:00 GMT The Hiddush organization for religious freedom and equality expressed similar sentiments to the Masorti movement, saying in a statement that "the Supreme Court's decision means that sexual harassment of women in the mehadrin lines will continue." https://hiddush.org/article-2186-0-The_Conversion_Law_Fraud.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2186-0-The_Conversion_Law_Fraud.aspx Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:36:00 GMT The conversion law proposal that was supposed to help immigrants from the former Soviet Union has undergone changes which only strengthen the monopoly of the Chief Rabbinate. How the mighty have fallen.