“How long are we going to stay?” asked Sari. “Till we win,” replied her father. by Pamela Deutsch Sari was born and raised in Brooklyn, attending an all girls yeshiva through 8th grade, followed by attending the first Solomon Schecter High School ever established. Her father ...
The edict published by municipal rabbis forbidding the rental of apartments to Israeli Arabs has led to intensive public discussion both in the media and in many other public forums. On the one hand surveys conducted in response to the edict indicate ...
In honor of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated on the 3rd of December, Bizchut published an update about their recent activity. Highlights of their activities include: For the First Time in Israel: Adapted Community Service Instead of Imprisonment for People with ...
On October 18, 2010, Itim held a training seminar for social workers at Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center on the issue of burial in Israel. The seminar included critical information needed by families of the deceased including costs associated with burial, people ...
On June 28th, not far from the walls of the old City, at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, 800 young adults, volunteers, and professionals attended the conference titled “Social responsibility: advancing the contributions and public service of young adults with disabilities.” Three ...
Activism 3.0: Without leaving the comfort of an air-conditioned room or even missing a day of work, hundreds of Israeli activists succeeded in connecting a Palestinian village to running water JERUSALEM - July 20, 2010 - The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and ...
Ramit, a mother of three, a poet and an artist, received a get today in the Haifa Rabbinical Court. This came after a bitter five year struggle in which Ramit insisted she deserved her freedom without having to make concessions or compromises. Congratulations! We hope ...
"A Strategy for Immigration Policy in Israel" by Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Liav Orgad and Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, is the basis for a new comprehensive immigration law being drafted by the Government of Israel. To date Israel has not had a general immigration law. The ...
ICAR, a coalition of 28 organizations working to promote solutions to the problem of agunot and mesoravot get(women whose husbands are unable or unwilling to grant them a Jewish divorce), in accordance with Halacha (Jewish Law) recently published a new booklet in ...
A few months ago CWJ filed a tort claim against a woman for not accepting a get from her husband. We debated long and hard before filing this lawsuit. Mostly, because we know that the problem is not mutual. Women suffer much more. Let’s face it. The halakha is gender-biased. It gives men almost unfettered ...
