The Complex Interplay of Religion, Law and Politics in Israel
Join us on March 9 for an in-person-only conversation at UCLA on key legal battles in Israel to protect and advance Israeli democracy and religious pluralism. Without the protections of a written constitution and a clear separation of religion and state, Israelis face unique challenges in securing fundamental rights to equality and religious freedom under Israeli law. Although Israel’s Declaration of Independence commits to “complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race, or sex” the authority of the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate and the disproportionate influence of Orthodox political parties within Israel’s parliamentary system...