Thursday, June 26, 2014

Religion and State in Israel - June 26, 2014 (Section 1)

Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.


RELIGIOUS PLURALISM







PRESIDENT-ELECT RIVLIN AND REFORM MOVEMENT


By Rabbi Avi Shafran


ALIYAH/ISRAEL-DIASPORA RELATIONS





By Haviv Rettig Gur
Responses to an article about the growing cultural fractures that divide the Jewish world suggest that the scale and depth of the problem is not yet fully appreciated by those who might help solve it









AGUNOT/MARRIAGE/CIVIL MARRIAGE




CONVERSION


RELIGION AND SOCIETY
They are taking Israel by storm. Yosef “Captain Sunshine” Abramowitz is a longtime human rights activist, a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and a global social entrepreneur who was the first to commercially harvest solar energy in Israel. His wife, Susan Silverman, is an activist rabbi, author, and adoption advocate.


GAY/LGBT COMMUNITY


Editor – Joel Katz
Religion and State in Israel is not affiliated with any organization or movement.