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Women redefining power in Israel

Six women lead with courage

Women. Life. Freedom.
Six new Israeli Reform rabbis, all women, were ordained last year at the Hebrew Union College Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.

Female rabbi on healing Israel: Authority means service, not power - opinion

L'Oréal's Program for Advancing Girls in Science enters its third year

Science needs women: L’Oréal Israel’s girls-in-STEM program enters third year

 WOMEN MEDICYLISTS of MDA.

‘We believe in the power of women’: MDA chair champions women’s advancement in its mission


Women of the Palmah: Hear their stories

The Palmah was the elite fighting unit of the Hagana, the underground army of the Jewish community in Israel during pre-state times.

YOCHEVED BEN-SHMUEL

This woman empowers Anglo women by sharing their stories

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” - Muriel Rukeyser (20th c. Jewish American poet and political activist)

Shira Lankin edits a draft of the book

Woman murdered in Eilat had complained of family violence, pressure

"Women's lives are not taken seriously in the State of Israel. We are used to hearing about women who complained to the police and... were abandoned to die."

AN ACTIVIST holds a banner during a march protesting domestic violence against women, in Beirut on March 8, 2014, International Women’s Day.

IDF tells pre-draft man he cannot fill education role because of his sex

IDF service is a formative experience for many young Israelis and so IDF positions that align with gender norms harm both men and women, said The Israel Women's Network.

A SOLDIER in an IDF conversion course interacts with children praying at their kindergarten in 2013.

IDF intelligence unit alumni work to bring women back to hi-tech

"When it comes to the field of R&D, which is the spearhead of Israeli hi-tech, female representation is still low."

Michal Krimolovsky, director of Woman2Woman, and Karen Hershkovtich, one of the founders of Woman2Woman.

Short on representation, political parties rush to celebrate Women’s Day

Two weeks ahead of elections, candidates pledge change while Labor leader Merav Michaeli remains the only woman chairing a political party.

MERAV MICHAELI prepares to don a mask at a Labor Party polling station in Tel Aviv on January 24.

The Arab Israeli woman breaking the glass ceiling of sports management

When asked what her most important message is for boys and girls today, Bader emphasized that women do not need to sacrifice their religious beliefs or traditions in order to follow their dreams.

Sanaa Bader at the Leicester City FC King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.

Kfar Yona man indicted for assaulting, threatening to kill girlfriend

Security footage from the incident shows the suspect raging at the scene, throwing products around the store wildly as his spouse tries to hide in the corner behind a coworker.

Security footage from the incident shows the suspect raging at the scene, throwing products around the store wildly as his spouse tries to hide in the corner behind a coworker.

Israeli femtech start-up introduces next generation of birth control

OCON Healthcare’s revolutionary ball platform can also deliver medical treatment

The IUB Ballerine is currently assembled manually, with technicians adding one copper ball at a time.

Katz considers increasing retirement age for women from 62 to 64

Previously, Feminist groups prevented any change in upping the existing retirement age for women.

Judge Nili Arad, nominated as the National Labor Court president, following Judge Steve Adler's retirement after 35 years in the judicial system. November 15 2010