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Worried about Jewish pluralism in Israel? So are Israelis, new poll shows.
Most Israeli Jews want US Jewry involved in religious policy, poll finds
Sixty percent of Israeli Jews support the work of American Jewish coalitions whose goal is to advance civil marriage in Israel, according to a new poll.
660,000 Jewish-Israelis can’t legally marry in Israel
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.
U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Israel and religious hypocrisy
Last week, along with the enlightened world, we celebrated the dramatic ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Israel fails in survey on freedom of marriage
Israel received the lowest possible score in a freedom of marriage survey conducted by the Israeli religious rights organization Hiddush.
Charedis’ Political Clout a Threat to Israel, Regev Says
The most serious internal problem facing Israel is the political clout exerted by the Charedim (ultra-Orthodox), which threatens the future unity, economic development and military readiness of the state. This is the firm conviction of Rabbi Uri Regev, who recently spent a week in Los Angeles to garner support for Hiddush, a year-old organization whose motto calls for “religious freedom and equality in Israel.” Regev, a native-born Israeli, Reform leader and president/CEO of Hiddush (Hebrew for innovation or renewal), co-founded the movement with Los Angeles business executive Stanley Gold, who serves as chairman. In an interview with The Jewish Journal, Regev, 59, argued with characteristic intensity and passion that “the Israeli public will no longer tolerate selling Israel’s future to the Charedi parties … and a Charedi-dominated Chief Rabbinate which controls its life from birth to death and almost everything in between.”