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Petition to Israel's ambassador to Canada regarding Religious Pluralism in Israel. Recent events in Israel point to a continuing bias towards the rights and wishes of the ultra-Orthodox minority at the expense of the majority. Whether through government legislation or through decisions by the courts or tribunals, it appears that Israeli democracy is being eroded. The most recent cause of concern is the interrogation of Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of The Israel Religious Action Center by Jerusalem police. Please show your support for Anat Hoffman and the Israel Religious Action Center by signing a petition to Her Excellency Miriam Ziv, Israeli Ambassador to Canada.

                  

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For more information about IRAC and Religious Pluralism in Israel visit www.irac.org

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Anat Hoffman, the leader of Women of the Wall, a group of women who gather monthly to pray at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, was questioned by police, fingerprinted, and told that she may be charged with a felony for violating the rules of conduct at what is considered Judaism’s most sacred site.

To read a report by Eisner, click here.

Jewish Progressive Renaissance in Modi'in, the City of the Maccabim

Read a heartwarming article by Jossi Aud, the director of the Progressive community in Modi'in - Yozma - showing how progressive Judaism is creating communities and bringing Israelis into Judaism by clicking here.

Highway to Justice by Rabbi Michael Marmur

An article about the town of Modi'in and the 443 highway that was subject of a recent court ruling. Click here for more details

Rabbinical courts have the legal authority to retroactively annul conversions to Judaism years and even decades after they were performed, even if the conversion was performed under the aegis of the Chief Rabbinate, according to a legal opinion by attorney Rabbi Shimon Ya'acobi, the legal adviser to the Rabbinical Court Administration, that was released to the press Wednesday. Read more in this article by Matthew Wagner

 

 

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