
IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Rabbi seeks sex-segregated bus line in Tiberias
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1139 435.html
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IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Appeal to MKs: Don't let rabbis intervene in womb http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340, L-3827066,00.html
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Jewish Scene: Following chief rabbis' decision to act to reduce abortion rates, New Family organization asks Knesset members to support abolition of committees for pregnancy termination, allow hospitals to decide on abortion

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism  Israel's Rosa Parks? Israeli women (& our friends at IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי) fight relegation to back of bus: http://bit.ly/8A7nRn
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Some Israeli bus lines allow fervently Orthodox riders to enforce gender-segregated seating that forces women to the back of the bus. A coalition of women and a Reform group are petitioning to ban the segregated bus lines.
יום 30 דצמבר 2009 בשעה 10:19

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Israeli women fight relegation to back of bus http://jta.org/news/article/2009/12/28/1 009928/israeli-women-fight-relegation-to -back-of-bus
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Some Israeli bus lines allow fervently Orthodox riders to enforce gender-segregated seating that forces women to the back of the bus. A coalition of women and a Reform group are petitioning to ban the segregated bus lines.

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי IRAC packs up our office on Yaffo St. and will begin to move into our new home at the HUC
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IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Poll: Majority of Israelis oppose gender-segregated buses http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c id=1261364519884&pagename=JPost/JPArticl e/ShowFull
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Ninety percent of the country's Jewish adults, including 81% of the Orthodox, support the elimination or limitation of gender segregated "mehadrin" bus lines, according to a survey conducted by the Smith Research Institute on behalf of Hiddush-For Religious Freedom and Equality.

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי Oren Asks for Inquiry on Wall Arrest http://www.forward.com/articles/121686/
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Oren Asks for Inquiry on Wall Arrest

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Foreign workers may be arrested on Christmas http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340, L-3824732,00.html
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News: Contrary to years past, Interior Ministry fails to ask Oz Unit officers to refrain from arresting foreign workers over Christian holiday. Hotline for Migrant Workers promises to fight 'any attempt ...

Russell Cohen
I've just published a brief blog post highlighting the current online campaigns regarding freedom of religion and religious pluralism from Hiddush, IRAC and NIF:
Activism for a just Israel (Maskil)
http://digg.com/u3IUWX
http://digg.com/u3IUWj
Please add your name to any of the petitions you might have missed.
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Dear Friends of IRAC, We’re currently in the process of packing up our office on Jaffa Street, and preparing for our move to our new offices on the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College. ...

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Click her to read about Women of the Wall and Anat Hoffman in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/world/ middleeast/22jerusalem.html?_r=1
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A group of women who meet for prayers at the Western Wall is challenging the Orthodox religious establishment, which operates the holy site.

Alena keep up the good work and don't get discouraged.

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Video taken on Rosh Hodesh by a member of Women of the Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqfLun2n Sw&feature=player_embedded

IRAC המרכז לפלורליזם יהודי
Thousands march in Tel Aviv on Int'l Human Rights Day http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c id=1260930896276&pagename=JPost/JPArticl e/ShowFull
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Led by over one hundred NGOs, thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday to unite under the banner of human rights. The rally, organized by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and ...

























