by Hannah Cohen | Jul 21, 2022 | Religious Freedom
The pride parade in the Negev town of Mitzpe Ramon went ahead in June as planned after Israel Police withdrew its decision to reroute the event to the city’s outskirts. Israel Police backed down on its instruction to reroute the parade following a petition to the...
by Hannah Cohen | Jul 20, 2022 | Gender Equality, Religious Freedom
The Jerusalem Magistrate Court has ordered Israel Railways and Danel, the company that provides guards for trains, to pay Israeli citizen Maya Melitz NIS 16,000 ($4,600) as compensation for being forced to move to another car because she is a woman. Melitz was...
by Hannah Cohen | May 27, 2022 | Gender Equality, Religious Freedom
Israel’s Dan Bus Company has withdrawn its requirement that drivers check the ‘modesty’ of ads on their buses before driving through the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. The change came after the policy was exposed by the Israeli newspaper, Globes. The bus company...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 22, 2021 | Religious Freedom
Last week the Israeli government reneged on its pledge to implement an agreement to open a mixed-gender prayer space at the Western Wall. The agreement for a pluralist Kotel has a long history. After three years of negotiations, then Prime Minister Benjamin...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 17, 2021 | Religious Freedom
The NIF global community views the new Conversion Law promoted by Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs Matan Kahana as a very small step in the right direction, but recognizes that it leaves out many important elements, including the right of all citizens to a civil...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 17, 2021 | Religious Freedom
The Jerusalem District Court has ordered the Jerusalem Municipality to hire inspectors to handle widespread incidents of ultra-Orthodox Jews defacing billboards depicting images of women. Judge Shirley Renner also ordered the municipality to meet with the local police...
