Religious tolerance

According to polling by the Hiddush organization, a religious pluralism advocacy organization, support for gay marriage has been steadily rising, with 78% of the Jewish public today supporting it.

Peretz’s comments “are a reflection of a flawed religious outlook and contempt for the Holocaust,” says Rabbi Avi Novis-Deutch, dean of Schechter Rabbinical Seminary.

For Orthodox Jewish women, tzniut, or modesty, involves wearing shirts that cover the collar bone and have three-quarter sleeves past the elbows.

New MK Yitzhak Pindrus says that UTJ ‘doesn’t take Liberman seriously’ in wake of Yisrael Beytenu leaders’ fierce attacks on the haredi political parties.

“The choice of a woman to wear a head covering is personal,” Haskel said in defense of the model who came under fire for emceeing the torch-lighting ceremony in a scarf.

Hazon's campaign is targeting a variety of topics, including work on Shabbat, the Women of the Wall movement, LGBT families, and the silencing of right-wing and religious movements.

Ichud TLV also seeks to build bridges between secular and religious Israelis.

As it does every year, the survey found that Jewish Israelis are far more liberal on religious issues than their government.

“This [march] is the real way to celebrate this city. This city is a city of love, a city of community, a city that is respectful."