Religion and State in Israel

Women of the Wall is the least of Anat Hoffman's achievements

Majority of Israelis support freedom of religion, marriage

Poll shows support for cuts to haredi sector, skepticism over enlistment law

61% of Israelis: Separate State, religion

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

Hiddush releases 2013 Religion and State Index; increased support for freedom of marriage and Jewish pluralism

http://hiddush.org/

A rapidly growing number of Israelis support Jewish pluralism and equality in Israel

http://hiddush.org/

VIDEO: Religion and State Index 2013

VIDEO: Shouldering the Civic Burden in Israel Public Opinion

VIDEO: Support for Jewish pluralism is on the rise!

Israel's Seemingly Contradictory Attitude Toward Separating Religion and State

Leveling the playing field of religious struggle

http://blogs.forward.com/

'Feminists of Zion' Scapegoat Orthodox Jews

VIDEO: Religious Pluralism in Israel - Women of the Wall

VIDEO: An Orthodox Perspective on Religion and State: Rabbi Ariel Picard

VIDEO: Noam Zion: A Heart of Many Rooms - Religious Pluralism

Fight over Jewish pluralism is top story of 5773

Reform leader: Orthodoxy in Israel jeopardizes Judaism

http://galusaustralis.com/

MK Ruth Calderon’s Message to Australian Zionists

Constitutional issues; Jewish and Democratic State

‘PM didn’t approve naming Gavison to draft constitutional provision'

Netanyahu irate over Livni's move to draft alternative to Jewish State Law

Prof. Gavison to resolve Israeli 'Jewish-Democratic' issue

http://www.israelhayom.com/

Livni taps Gavison to square the circle of Israel's identity crisis

Livni appoints professor to resolve issue of Israel's Jewish and democratic identity

MK Shelah: 'Jewish and democratic state' an oxymoron

Opinion: Scrap the Jewish state law

Opinion: Who’s afraid of Professor Ruth Gavison?

Opinion: Jewish and then democratic

Editorial: Herculean task

Opinion: ‘Religion and politics’ in Israel: The mythology of Jewish nationalism

http://972mag.com/

Opinion: Defining 'Who is a Jew’

Opinion: Israel Should Allow Freedom of Jewish Faith to All

http://forward.com/

Opinion: The Zionism we really want: A third way to look at the morality of the Jewish nationalist project

Jewish Identity Administration

Opinion: Israel Can Never Be Too Jewish

http://forward.com/

Livni slams religious hegemony over proposed Jewish identity agency

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

Lapid Wants Reform Representation on Jewish Identity Administration

Rabbinical Courts

Fighter for Women's Divorce Rights to Help Choose Dayanim

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Deliberately harsh prison conditions for man who refused wife a divorce

http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.co.il/

Be happy for the freed aguna or be upset about the revocation of a conversion?

See orginal Hebrew article here

Kashrut

A tiny winery takes on the Rabbinate's kosher monopoly

See also: When Is Kosher Wine Not Called Kosher?

http://www.masorti.org/

New in Jerusalem: Higher level of kashrut

Secular wing of Bayit Yehudi sets up "kosher hotline"

Kotel

Editorial: Respect at the Western Wall

As Rosh Hashanah draws nigh, Western Wall gets traditional cleaning

Aliyah and Diaspora

American Jews donate early and often, but usually not to Israel

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Study: Jewish Giving Is Strong, But Worries Down The Road

U.S. Jewish Giving: Who is Giving What to Whom

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Study reveals the who, what and where of Jewish giving

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

Opinion: American-Jewish-Israeli disconnect

http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/

Opinion: Time to grapple with the disconnect

Poll shows young American Jews losing connection to Israel

http://www.jewishjournal.com/

Young U.S. Jews feel closer to Israel, studies find

Poll: Children Less Connected To Israel, More Jewishly Educated, Than Parents

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Poll shows young American Jews losing connection to Israel

http://www.jewishjournal.com/rosnersdomain/

Opinion: Don’t Forget the Jews Who are Already Engaged

Young U.S. Jews feel closer to Israel, studies find

Opinion: Investing, not donating: Updating how American Jews give to Israel

Socially connected American Jews more likely to donate, says new report

http://www.thejewishweek.com/

Editorial: Dialogue Goes Both Ways - Most Israelis do not grasp the diversity and depth of our community

Israeli Knesset members get an education in American Jewry

http://www.jns.org/

Young couple making aliyah wins $10,000

Jews airlifted from Yemen get the lay of the Holy Land

Opinion: Use tikkun olam to bridge Diaspora-Israel gap

http://www.jta.org/

Opinion: U.S. patronage of Israel: A thing of the past

Opinion: Kvetching aside, U.S. Jews have never had it so good

Branch of Jewish New York in Israel

http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/

Opinion: The Prime Minister’s Plan: Some Suggested Guidelines for Planning

Israeli Knesset members get an education in American Jewry

http://www.jns.org/

Aliyah organization sending mixed messages to Russian Jews: Come, or stay there

Living Zionism - the next chapter

Opinion: Jews in Israel and the Diaspora need to rediscover a sense of direction in 5774

IDF and Haredi draft

Tensions run high at Knesset during debate on length of IDF Hesder service

High Court demands explanation over state's failure to draft haredim

http://www.israelhayom.com/

High Court demands explanation over delay in Haredi draft

High Court offers compromise to groups calling for immediate Haredi conscription

http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/

Opinion: How Can We Draft the Ultra-Orthodox with Consent?

http://en.idi.org.il/

VIDEO: Equality in sharing the burden, without equality

Opinion: War between brothers-in-arms

Analysis: The Ultra-Orthodox Draft: Crossing the Third Rubicon

http://en.idi.org.il/

The Peri proposal for the Ultra-Orthodox Draft: Equality in Sharing the Burden, without the equality

http://hiddush.org/

Military Police Arrive in Elad & Beit Shemesh To Apprehend Charedi ‘Draft-Dodgers’

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

No assault charge against Haredim who assaulted police officers

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/

IDF Chief of Personnel: No Ceremonies Without Women

Municipal Elections

Analysis || Religious Zionist voters will decide Jerusalem’s mayoral race

Jerusalem neighborhood religious battle focuses on vacant lot