Tag Archive: Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
Ensuring Equality for Women at the Western Wall
Judge prevents security officers from carrying out discriminatory searches against women at the Western Wall.
Rectifying Taxi Discrimination
NIF grantee IRAC sued the Gett Taxi App and forced them to cancel their discriminatory driver service, and pay $1.6 million in compensation, mostly to Arab drivers.
Ending the Orthodox Monopoly on Adoptions
NIF grantee the Israel Religious Action Center successfully petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court
Exposing the Discriminatory Justice System
NIF grantee, Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) released a report finding that in cases of incitement to violence, the Israeli justice system has been harsh on Arab Israelis and lenient on Jewish Israelis.
Combating the Exclusion of Women in Public
After a petition by two NIF grantees, Israel Railways was forced to pay a settlement in court to a woman who was made to transfer to a different train car due to her gender.
Combatting Erasure of Women From Public Spaces
After significant pressure, an Israeli bus company ended a discriminatory policy to remove pictures of women from bus ads when traveling through ultra-Orthodox areas.
Combating the Erasure of Women by Religious Extremists
NIF grantee Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) successfully petitioned for the city of Jerusalem to tackle the religious vandalism attempting to erase women from public spaces.
Demanding Adoption Rights for LGBTQ Parents
NIF Grantee the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court in a challenge to anti-LGBTQ adoption policy in Israel.
Bridge the Divide: Building Jewish-Arab Partnership In a Time of Crisis
Jewish-Arab partnership is critical to Israel’s moral fabric and to a democratic future based on equality for all its citizens. In the wake of the recent crisis, NIF is redoubling our investing in initiatives that foster Jewish-Arab cooperation, combat racism and extremism, and advance public legitimacy for Jewish-Arab partnership, and which bring representatives of the Palestinian community in Israel into local and national decision-making.
Restoring Pluralistic Jewish Education in Israel’s Schools
In a victory for liberal and secular Judaism in Israel, the Supreme Court struck down an attempt to defund government support for pluralistic activities in public school.