by Pamela Deutsch "Serious Jewish education should demand doing and learning, that changing lives is much more difficult than writing a lecture." Levi grew up in Cleveland, Ohio in a very committed Jewish home; committed to Israel, and committed to Jewish tradition. He attended public ...
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 ...
This Rosh Hashana, Mavoi Satum devoted "Kol Masa" ( a newsletter written for and by 'Mesoravot Get') to the unique and special relationship formed between a 'Mesorevet Get' and her 'Melava' ( volunteer companion) . In the newsletter, you will read what motivated women to volunteer ...
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 ...
Ever since Att. Gitit Nachliel’s legal precedent in which the parents of a recalcitrant husband were forced to pay child support as grandparents, Mavoi Satum has been inundated with requests for similar lawsuits. Mavoi Satum, and mesorevet get “L”, have ...
