The national system of Orthodox Jewish religious conversion has not only failed,it has backfired on its protectors.

Conversion in Israel is a lengthy and cumbersome process that combines all the worst attributes of government red-tape, religious corruption, and legal obstructionism.

Exclusion of women at the Kotel affects not only women seeking to pray with tallitot and tefillin, but every single woman who seeks to worship there, alongside the much larger men’s section.

In annual report, state comptroller finds that many of the 130 councils in Israel make their own rules, violating existing instructions of the Religious Services Ministry and the Chief Rabbinate.

It is when we attempt to understand the perspectives of others that we increase our respect for them, improve our relationships and make way for peace.

I, a Women of the Wall sympathizer, am not trying to 'liberate' you as an Orthodox Jew, but raise my status from second class to equal.

Rabbinic voices of decency and integrity are too often drowned out in Israel by the shrill, wicked cries of the religious and ultra-nationalist fanatics. The result: secular Israelis repel Jewish law.

The practice of 'metzitzah b'peh,' in which blood is sucked orally from the circumcision wound, is under scrutiny in Germany, due to a complaint filed against a Berlin rabbi for allegedly committing bodily harm during a brit milah.

The pamphlet included a section stating that non-Jews are not equal to Jews in Israel.

The source of authority in the IDF must be one: state laws, translated into military orders, and not the often racist proclamations stemming from the 'opinion of the Torah.'