Tag Archive: religious freedom
“Problematic” Payments to Yeshiva Students to be Cancelled
In a victory against discrimination, Israel’s High Court ruled that the state should no longer grant stipends to yeshiva students.
Agunot Take Matters into Their Own Hands
Fifty courageous agunot – women denied a divorce by their husbands – and allies protested near the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem last week.
New Method for Choosing City Rabbis
A new election process will ensure a more moderate and more representative city rabbinate.
David Rotem: Give the Brother Some Love
I’ve never met Israeli Knesset Member David Rotem. I don’t think I’d recognize him if I bumped into him on the street–whether the long, arboreal pathways of Prospect Park or the frenetic tumult of Mahane Yehuda on a Friday afternoon.
Immersion and Empowerment
A new training program for mikva (ritual bath) attendants in Israel is an important step forward for women’s rights. The new training program, which will be run by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, was agreed upon following a campaign by Advot (Ripples), a group of women’s rights activists.
Religious Pluralism: Why is Religion Israel’s Touchiest Issue?
Promoting Pluralism and Tolerance || NIF believes that freedom of – and from – religion are crucial to the survival of a just and democratic Israel. We fight for religious tolerance, and work to oppose the rabbinic hierarchy’s exclusion of women.
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