Thursday, May 16, 2013

Religion and State in Israel - May 16, 2013

Religion and State in Israel

Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.
Special edition on Women of the Wall coming soon


Anat Hoffman:
The bigger problem is that we have a sovereign Jewish state and we’re not clear what our Jewish values are. We’re not clear what Jewish values we have in common. There isn't a more interesting dialogue we can have than what are the Jewish values of the Jewish state.
But Israel has taken the easy route.
It has taken the keys to Judaism and given it to one minority faction in the Jewish world. And the minority faction has done what every minority faction would do. The Reform would have done the same, none of us are immune. That minority faction became corrupt, it became a monopoly and it became more and more extreme. And through this we have injured Orthodoxy and we have contaminated Orthodoxy. 


Rabbinate










Religious Pluralism
By Rabbi Richard (Rick) Jacobs



By Rabbi Uri Regev




Conversion





Mikveh
By Rabbi Dr. Haviva Ner-David




Marriage
Opinion: Not an isolated tragedy - Israel and civil marriage
Rabbi Uri Regev







Haredim and the IDF









Education













Gender segregation














Western Wall and Temple Mount


By Israel Harel





Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.