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.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

Shila Zabro Weiss, Senior Director at Dun's 100, said the model NI developed demonstrates “how gender diversity is managed as a driver of business growth rather than as an isolated initiative."

|BySIDNEY BLASCO
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

Naomi Shloush’s book confronts identity, stigma, and the fragile space between belonging and exclusion

|ByJEHUDIT WEINBERGER BASHA
Women. Life. Freedom.

Women redefining power in Israel

Six women lead with courage

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH BONOT ALTERNATIVA

CBS report: Israeli women are more educated, live longer, but earn less

Women in Israel are making strides in education, but fall behind in wages and C-level representation.

MARCH 6, 2017ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Male and Female gender symbols

Bizmax inauguration

In Israel there are numerous exhibitions throughout the country over the coming few weeks that have been created or curated or both by women.

FEBRUARY 23, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Karnit Flug

Female Druse news presenter makes history on Channel 1

Ghadir Kamal Meriach became the first female Druse news presenter on Channel 1, earning praise from industry peers.

FEBRUARY 19, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Ghadir Kamal Meriach

A safe haven

Today, awareness of the deep-rooted problem of domestic violence is rising in every sector in the country.

FEBRUARY 10, 2017ByCARMIT SAPIR VITZ
Bat Melech organization

An open letter to the prime minister

During the course of this year, despite unceasing harassment by the Western Wall rabbi, Women of the Wall continued praying at the Western Wall.

JANUARY 17, 2017ByANAT HOFFMAN
MEMBERS OF 'Women of the Wall' including the author (second from right) speak to the media following the Israeli government's decision last year

Women of Wall to continue reading Torah at Western Wall despite deal, group says

Chief Rabbi of Western Wall accuses Women of the Wall of violating agreement with government; group says that not reading from Torah was part of a deal they "could not accept."

MARCH 11, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON
Women of the Wall with Torah scroll in women's section of the Western Wall, March 11, 2016

Israeli magazine profiles female victims of sexual assault on Int'l Women's Day

Inspired by New York Magazine's July 2015 cover featuring women who were allegedly sexual assault by comedian Bill Cosby, Israel's 'Laisha.'

MARCH 8, 2016ByREUTERS
Israeli magazine profiles 22 female victims of sexual assault on International Womens’ Day

Gender wage gaps in Israel among highest in developed world

The report, written by Sagit Azary-Viesel and Prof. Dan Ben-David, offered a comprehensive review of the gender gap in Israel's labor market.

MARCH 6, 2016ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
A woman and a girl sit in front of the Mediterranean at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon

A new vision of Kotel future: Part one

As a member of Women of the Wall, I look forward to a time when we have a beautiful and welcoming prayer space at the Kotel.

JANUARY 31, 2016ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
Women of the Wall

Haredi women get symposium of their own

Haredi women in the workforce are not such a novelty anymore.

JANUARY 26, 2016ByPEGGY CIDOR
At the symposium on ultra-Orthodox women and the 21st century