Hiddush (Hebrew: חִדּוּשׁ), meaning innovation, renewal; full name: "Hiddush – For Religious Freedom and Equality", is a trans-denominational non-profit organization founded in 2009 which aims to promote religious freedom and equality in Israel. The organization, a partnership between Israeli Jews and Jews from outside Israel, is headed by Jerusalem-based attorney and rabbi Uri Regev, former President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, as its president and CEO, and American businessman Stanley P. Gold, member of the Reform Wilshire Boulevard Temple and former Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.[1]
Hiddush is supported by a number of prominent Jews, among them businessman Charles Bronfman, Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, producer Norman Lear, authors Amos Oz and Letty Cottin Pogrebin, professor Amnon Rubinstein, and Gili Zivan of the Religious Kibbutz Movement.[2]
- ^ Ron Friedman, Matthew Wagner (September 14, 2009). "Campaign to break Orthodox monopoly". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Hiddush - new advocacy organization". Hiddush. September 14, 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search