Women of israel

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA paramedic and Tribu founder Michaela Berku shares the power of volunteering at the 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."
 An illustrative image of female IDF soldiers.

For the greater good: The sacrifices made by Esther and other women for the Jewish people - opinion

 ‘WE WERE nervous because we were told that we were going to be attacked.’ Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin leave the stage after speaking at the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago in August.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A mother's strength and resilience after Oct. 7 - interview

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

US, UK, France request emergency UN Security Council meeting on Hamas sexual violence


Empowering women: Israel's Knesset hosts special conference for International Women's Day

Stormy separate Knesset committee discussion over funding for a forum that combats domestic violence cut short

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Women Leaders Summit 2024

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 Women Leaders Summit 2024

High Court rules: Women can be on committee to select Chief Rabbi

The impact of the decision is yet to be seen: it does not mandate, but merely permits, the inclusion of women to be considered for the committee that selects Chief Rabbis and Chief Rabbinate Council.

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

IOF releases report on violence against Israeli women in 2023

A third of all femicide cases in Israel in 2023 occurred after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

 A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

Minister May Golan to global women's organizations: 'Raise your voice against the crimes of Hamas'

The letter demanded an unequivocal stop to being silent and to raise a clear and resounding voice against the crimes of Hamas that were committed on October 7.

 MK May Golan visits at MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's makeshift office in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022.

Israeli bodybuilder Dana Shemesh back and as good as ever

The previous Olympia Masters was held in 2012, but came back after a 11-year hiatus and was held in Romania for the first time.

 ORN AND raised in Jerusalem, 48-year-old Dana Shemesh has been Israel's top female professional bodybuilder for almost two decades.

Women to march in Bnei Brak in protest of mistreatment on buses

"Whoever thinks he will be able to exclude women - will welcome us in the streets," one leader of the march exclaimed.

 Israelis attend a protest march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023.

The Jewish people are a family, albeit a dysfunctional one - opinion

The MOMentum organization believes in focusing on Jewish unity, despite the things that seem to divide us.

 FROM LEFT: Deputy Finance Minister Michal Waldiger, Education Minister Yoav Kisch, MOMentum CEO Ben Pery, the writer, President Isaac Herzog, and Ophir and Bat-Galim Shaer pose at the Jerusalem Unity Prize ceremony at the President’s Residence last week.

Groups slam Israeli gov't for ‘medieval’ backslide on women’s rights

As Israel focuses on judicial overhaul, groups warn that a slew of bills could set gender equality back centuries.

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Likud's May Golan tapped for Israel's new Women's Status Ministry

May Golan's new ministry will be transferred some of the authority and responsibility currently held by the Social Equality Ministry, which is helmed by Amichai Chikli.

 MK May Golan visits at MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's makeshift office in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022.

Israeli 'Handmaid's Tale' protests: Fight to save women's rights

Liad Suez-Karni: “Everyone needs to choose a side because there’s no such thing as living in a place that is half a democracy and half a dictatorship.”

 AMASSING DEMURELY in absolute silence, at a protest of families in Herzliya.