1st street in Israel named for Masorti rabbi who influenced Declaration of Independence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Hess mentioned people such as Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Rabbi Judah Magnes, Henrietta Szold and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, whose ties to non-Orthodox streams he says have not been properly noted.
53% : "Figures important to 20th-century Judaism and to Israel's history did not merit commemoration or memorialization, and if they did receive some recognition it was often while ignoring their connection to non-Orthodox religious affiliation," he said.
52% : At the same time, rabbis, judges or other functionaries belonging to non-Orthodox streams such as the Reform or Conservative movements are not recognized and receive state funding.
51% : While Orthodox rabbis receive salaries funded by taxpayers and have a complete monopoly over marriage registration with no option for a civil ceremony, non-Orthodox rabbis are almost entirely denied state funding and the weddings they conduct are not recognized by the state.
49% : Orthodox Judaism also has a monopoly over conversions and receives extensive funding for a variety of religious services that are largely unavailable to non-Orthodox streams of Judaism.
47% : For decades, lack of recognition and funding for non-Orthodox streams of Judaism has been a source of tension between Israel and North America's Diaspora, where Reform and Conservative communities comprise the majority of Jewish religious affiliation.

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