Gender

Haredi women, academics file petition against Israel's new gender-segregated education law

The petition was filed hours after the Knesset approved an amendment to the law which expressly allows the Council for Higher Education to approve separate programs for men and women.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Activists protest against a bill promoting gender-segregated academic study tracks, introduced by MK Limor Son Har-Melech, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026.
MK Limor Son Har-Melech reacts during a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on March 5, 2024; illustrative.

Knesset approves gender-segregated graduate degree programs in late-night vote

The legislation, Amendment No. 12, 2026, was sponsored by MK Limor Son Har Melech and passed by a vote of 52-43.

|ByNAHUM PERRY
Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.

Charlie Kirk assassination prosecutors unveil video showing accused sniper in shooting position

The evidence was presented during the second day of a preliminary hearing in Provo, Utah, in which prosecutors are trying to convince District Court Judge Tony Graf to bring Tyler Robinson to trial.

|ByREUTERS
A PERSON wearing a rainbow mask is seen during the Brooklyn Liberation's Protect Trans Youth event in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, June 13, 2021.

US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy

The 8-1 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, rejected Colorado's argument that its law regulated professional conduct, not protected speech.

|ByREUTERS

Inside Israel's struggle for true gender equality - opinion

Equality is the foundation for a better society.

MARCH 6, 2025ByUDI SAGI
KETER GROUP employees at the factory in Karmiel: We must combat outdated stereotypes that still prevail – suggesting that technological and managerial positions are predominantly suited for men, the writer affirms.

Gender gap remains in labor force, says report

Despite progress, women in Israel face greater job instability, especially in times of crisis.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByARIELA OHRENSTEIN
Gender pay gap representation

Keshet releases first comprehensive report on experiences of LGBTQ+ Jews of Color

Golan Moskowitz said the report illuminated a “blindspot in Jewish American institutional and community life,” and it can now serve as a tool to support LGBTQ+ Jews of Color.  

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByRAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH
THE ANNUAL Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, internationally acclaimed as one of the most proud and gay-friendly cities in the world.

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

The Afghanistan probe is one of the longest by ICC prosecutors and has been beset by legal and practical delays.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByREUTERS
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in what is believed to be a 1990 passport photo. Released by the Taliban, this is the only photo of Akhundzada in circulation, and has never been independently verified as authentic.

Did Donald Trump define all Americans as females in his executive order?

Scientifically, Trump's order puts everyone as women, given as at conception, all fetuses belong to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell.

JANUARY 22, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustration: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures before he speaks at a National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas

Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders to back gender apartheid legal push

Yousafzai asked to "openly challenge and denounce the Taliban's oppressive laws" and for political leaders to support the addition of gender apartheid to crimes against humanity.

JANUARY 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan speaks at the World's Children's Prize ceremony in Mariefred, Sweden

Names of grandchildren: The last great mystery - comment

"I don’t like to know the end of any story – or any hint of how a story will end – before its time. If I’m reading a movie review that says 'spoiler alert,' I quickly turn the page."

JANUARY 5, 2025ByHERB KEINON
A comic depicting confusion over the name of a new baby.

Hypocrisy and deception: The gender segregation bill - opinion

Legislation that is so deeply rooted in hypocrisy and deception should not be considered by the legislative bodies of Israel. 

DECEMBER 8, 2024ByURI REGEV
MK LIMOR SON HAR-MELECH attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, earlier this year. She has presented a bill which seeks to expand and legitimize gender segregation in Israel’s institutions of higher education, beyond what the High Court has permitted.

A mustached Juliet? Seminar Hakibutzim offers gender-fluid Shakespeare production - review

The play is introduced to the audience by a frame-story. A married couple (Mika Zak and Yonatan Shimony) attempt to explain the play to us.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A SCENE FROM ‘Romeo and Juliet.’

'Sexual conflict': Why do sex chromosomes exist? - study

One theory given as to why the Y chromosome is shedding genes is the theory of “sexual conflict.”

AUGUST 10, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A male lion stands over a female after mating in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 14, 2019. Picture taken October 14, 2019.