August 3 2022
The 24th Knesset was unlike other legislative terms in recent years. MKs who in previous terms had promoted pluralism and religious freedom in the opposition found themselves in a one-of-a-kind…
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On July 25th, 2022, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a letter banning mechitzot, ritual partitions between men and women, from the egalitarian section of the Western Wall, and instructing the…
Sunday, July 17th, 2022 was the observance of the fast of the 17th of Tammuz, a traditional Jewish fast day. Several MKs took the opportunity to make comments about the…
On Tuesday, July 5th, 2022, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Nachman Shai (Labor) announced the creation of the Jewish Renewal Administration, which will promote various Jewish projects, programs, and events for…
On Thursday, June 30th, the first day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, ultra-Orthodox hooligans– reportedly led by the son of a Knesset member– disrupted bar and bat mitzvah services…
On Tuesday, June 27th, 2022, the Knesset’s Labor and Welfare Committee took steps to make the termination of a pregnancy more accessible to the Israeli public. Medical abortions will now…
A look back at the Israeli Knesset’s debate on abortion rights in the 1970s sheds light on the relationship between religion and state generally, with implications for other issues being…
Although abortion is not considered one of the classic issues of religion and state in Israeli discourse, it was the subject of Knesset debates and legislation in the late 1970s.…
On Monday, June 20th, 2022, the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality held a hearing on the exclusion of women from the public sphere, focusing on phenomena…
Former IDF general Doron Almog was appointed as chairman of the Jewish Agency on Thursday, June 16th, 2022. The following weekend, Almog attended a convention held by the Reform Movement…
