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Discriminates Against the Non-Orthodox

In the United States only 10% of Jews consider themselves Orthodox. In Israel the Orthodox are more numerous proportionally, but 35% of Israeli Jews consider themselves "totally secular". Yet the Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Zionists in Israel rule the roost. Since its beginnings Israel has discriminated against religious views of the majority of U.S. Jews. If these things were done against Jews in Europe it would be called "antisemitism". This archive of links is about what the Israeli establishment think are the "wrong kind of Jews".

Israel's Rulers Actually Despise most U.S. Jews - Anshel Pfeffer

"Bizarre List" of Orthodox demands - Anshel Pfeffer

New coalition want to repeal the "Grandfather Clause" - Times of Israel

Ben Gvir calls for revoking state recognition of non-Orthodox conversions

Harassment At A Western Wall Bar Mitzvah Renews The Fight Over Prayer Spaces In Israel

July 2002

Reform Jews in Israel Furious Over Attack by Army Radio Host

Talk show host Irit Linur said Reform Jews don’t belong in Israel and compared them to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor cult. Israel’s liberal Jewish movements are calling on her to apologize or be dismissed

Ultra-Orthodox Extremists Assault Woman for Sitting at Front of Jerusalem Bus

"When the woman declined to move, a group of 20 men began verbally berating her, and when she still refused to leave her seat they began physically assaulting her and prevented her from calling the police"

August 2022

Israel’s Women Are Forced to the Back of the Bus

Moment Magazine 2010

Erased: Why the removal of female faces in the haredi world is a problem

Jerusalem Post 2021

Controversy Rages Over Female Singers at Israeli Memorial Ceremonies

Women increasingly told they cannot sing at public events in order not to insult religious sensibilities.

‘Wandering Jews’: A Reform Community in Israel Battles for a Place to Pray

Reform Jews in Israel Furious Over Attack by Army Radio Host

A Rabbi’s Contentious Quest for Religious Pluralism in Israel

There is more than one way to be Jewish, says Gilad Kariv, the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s Parliament. The idea poses a challenge to the country’s Orthodox establishment.

"As a lawmaker with parliamentary immunity, Rabbi Kariv can bring them the Torah under police protection. But dozens of ultra-Orthodox opponents typically stand in his way to prevent the handover. They shout abuse and sometimes they try to rip the scroll from his hands."

The Israel Religious

Action Center (IRAC)

Securing civil rights for a just and egalitarian Israel based on Israeli law and Jewish tradition.

Western Wall prayer site's future is in doubt under Israel's fragile government

U.S. State Department Report 2021

"The Chief Rabbinate determines who may be buried in Jewish state cemeteries, limiting this right to individuals considered Jewish by Orthodox Jewish standards. "...

"The law imposes a two-year prison sentence for persons who conduct a marriage or are married in a Jewish wedding or divorce outside the Chief Rabbinate’s authority in the country."

Rabbis deny 1 in 10 Jews the right to marry in Israel

Supreme religious body faces growing backlash as critics compare Israel’s religious freedoms to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan

2016

Police Arrest Woman for Wearing Prayer Shawl at Western Wall 2009