Israel fails in survey on freedom of marriage

Published on May 1, 2013

Israel received the lowest possible score in a freedom of marriage survey conducted by the Israeli religious rights organization Hiddush.

A Passover Message of Freedom From Hiddush

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on March 24, 2013

Charedis’ Political Clout a Threat to Israel, Regev Says

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 11, 2011

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.”