Religious
On March 2, 2009, Ruth Gavison, Haim H. Cohn Professor of Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty and Founding President of The Metzilah Center for Zionist, Jewish, Liberal and Humanist Thought, presented the lecture entitle...
The ball is in the secular public's court
The issue of conversion is ostensibly no longer in the headlines, but it still figures prominently on religious Zionism's agenda. The proposal to establish religious courts to serve as an alternative to those of the Chief Rabbinate comes up repeat...
“Jew” has a double meaning, national and religious.
It is no secret that there is a war going on between the religious and the secular. As I have noted earlier the secular Jews are very upset that religion is in control of marriage, divorce and conversion. It is personal for them. This anger causes...