Orly Erez Likhovsky

Executive Director
Organization: Israel Religious Action Center
Location: Israel
Topics: General Israel Update, WZC 101 - Why you Should Vote Reform, The Reform Movement and liberal Judaism in Israel, Democracy in Israel and Judicial Overhaul, Women and gender issues in Israel, LGBTQ+ issues, Religion and State in Israel
Types of events: Virtual, in person

Orly Erez Likhovski, Adv. Serves as the IRAC Executive Director. Orly has been working as an attorney at the Israel Religious Action Center of the Reform Movement in Israel since 2004. She was the director of the legal department of IRAC between 2014 - 2021. In this capacity, she led the legal struggle against discrimination on the basis of religious affiliation, gender segregation in the public sphere and racial incitement. Orly has led to significant legal achievements such as abolishing gender segregation on public buses, breaking the Orthodox monopoly regarding the funding of salaries of Rabbis, disqualifying racist candidates from running to the Knesset and recognizing the rights of LGBTQ couples to adopt children in Israel. Since November 2022, Orly is the executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center.