Women of israel

Naftali Bennett adds four female candidates to B’Yachad slate, bringing total women on list to 17

Those added to the list included Esti Ayalon Kubo, the former head of Israel's economic delegation to China.

Naftali Bennet with the new female candidates.
People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020

Natural Intelligence marketing firm wins Dun award for advancing women in Israeli high-tech sector

In her novel ‘Frecha Academait,’ Naomi Shloush confronts the stigmas around the derogatory term ‘frecha’ used for women of Mizrahi heritage.

Naomi Shloush's 'Academic bimbo' confronts Mizrahi identity in modern Israel

Women. Life. Freedom.

Women redefining power in Israel


His Story/Her Story: Women of the Book

Do women interpret Torah differently than men?

Audrey Flack's ‘Sarah.'

On Bonna Haberman

Bonna Haberman created and ran Women of the Wall (WOW) for years and remained active in our core mission literally until the day she died.

Bonna Devora Haberman

Parshat Shlah: Learning from the daughters of Zelophehad

‘And God spoke to Moses: “…Send forth for yourself men and they will tour the Land of Canaan…”’ (Numbers 13:1,2)

Painting by Yoram Raanan

Meeting the men of the Women of the Wall

Facing arrests and harassment, Jewish men from various streams join the female prayer group in an effort to promote justice and tolerance.

Men of the Women of the Wall pray behind the partition at the back of the women’s section, in 2013.

Poll: Most Israelis back equal representation for women in Knesset

Over half of Jewish Israelis would not vote for a party that does not include women in its list, a poll released by women's leadership organization WePower found Wednesday.

Shelly Yacimovich

Q&A with WIZO social worker: Awareness can be a game-changer

On International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, head of Wizo's Department for the Prevention of Violence says new campaign focuses on men, rather than women.

Violence against women

Rivlin takes on cause of rights of battered non-Jewish wives

If the women lose custody and their right to remain in Israel, the children will in all probability be placed in the custody of a violent father.

Reuven Rivlin

La paix, l’affaire de tous, et de toutes…

Elles ont décidé de confondre les genres. De brandir leur féminité comme étendard d’unité. Une histoire de femmes, la paix ? Et pourquoi pas

La paix, l’affaire de tous, et de toutes…

New report reveals discrimination against women in Israeli academia

"I want to see fifty percent women among the presidents of universities and among all the positions at the top of the pyramid," says women's advocate.

Ben-Gurion University's campus in Sde Boker

The Western Wall as farce

It is time to finish the comedy and restore respect for the Western Wall, honor for women who wish to observe mitzvot and glory for the Torah and those who wish read and study it openly.

Women praying with Torah at Western Wall, October 24, 2014.