The recent explosion in anti-Semitic expression including acts of anti-Semitic violence in numerous quarters around the world is not only frightening and alarming, it is eerie and perhaps even ominous. The inevitable and logically-necessary descent of rabid anti-Zionism into the exclusion and even hatred of Jewish people is in plentiful evidence, and rabid anti-Zionism … [Read more...] about Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky: Words from a Broken, Loving, and Hopeful Heart
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The Shabbat bill controversy: A focused perspective on the religious debate and the conduct of religious politicians
In Hiddush's last newsletter, we highlighted a number of aspects involving the current controversy over the Shabbat bill. What we would now like to share with you, our colleagues, is a more focused perspective on the religious debate and the conduct of religious politicians in this controversy. This will give you deeper insight as to how this controversy factors in the ongoing … [Read more...] about The Shabbat bill controversy: A focused perspective on the religious debate and the conduct of religious politicians
Ruach Hiddush is Born!!!
Rabbis for Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel has changed its name to Ruach Hiddush which stands for: רבנים וחזנים למען חופש דת ושוויון Ruach Hiddush was founded as a rabbinic organization in 2015. Beginning this week, we are also accepting cantors. Ruach Hiddush is a project of HIDDUSH, a nonprofit based in Israel and the U.S. Our membership roster is available at … [Read more...] about Ruach Hiddush is Born!!!
“Religionization” in Israel secular public schools
The challenge of Jewish education and forging Jewish identity is dear and near to all of us. The challenge associated with these subjects in the modern era in an environment of an open society, which embraces Jews on the one hand - and in the State of Israel where only a minority defines itself as religious on the other hand - is self-evident. Both the Jewish community in the … [Read more...] about “Religionization” in Israel secular public schools
Ahad Ha-am, The Jewish State and the Jewish Problem (1897)
The spirit of our people desires further development; it wants to absorb the basic elements of general culture which are reaching it from the outside world, to digest them and to make them a part of itself, as it has done before at various periods of its history. But the conditions of its life in exile are not suitable for such a task. In our time culture expresses itself … [Read more...] about Ahad Ha-am, The Jewish State and the Jewish Problem (1897)