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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


Art, and women, making an impact on the landscape of Israel

EMET Prize laureates Michal Rovner and Hanna Herzog describe the powerful impact their work has on how we see the world.

EMET Prize laureates Hanna Herzog and Michal Rovner

Diana Weissman breaks 46-year-old athletics record

Weissman, who is currently serving in the IDF, bested her personal best of 11.48 seconds, which she ran just two weeks ago.

Running

Not taking no for an answer

Prof. Aliza Shenhar discusses the challenges facing women’s rights in Israel and how a philanthropic effort led by the Genesis Prize Foundation can help.

PROF. ALIZA SHENHAR

For the first time, most of 2018’s EMET Prize laureates are women

“Last year there were no female winners, so I called on women, through the media, to apply for the prize,” Ilana Ashkenazi, director of the EMET Prize organization, said.

Award presentation to the EMET Prize Director, Ilana Ashkenazi, for Promoting Excellence Among Women in Israel, by The Jerusalem Report Editor Steve Linde at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

Could the next Knesset rabbi be a woman?

Women will finally get their shot at being Knesset rabbi.

The Knesset building

Four sons and misogyny

Misogyny is a disease that must be cured.

Male and female soldiers remember the fallen at a Remembrance Day ceremony on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl

Representation of women in local government

2018 elections are a golden opportunity

Yael German, the former mayor of Herzliya, now serves as a member of Knesset for Yesh Atid

A league of their own

Galia Toren Hen and Michal Elbaz pose for Guilty's 'Community is inspiration' campaign

Glass Ceiling Index: Women hold one in three senior positions in Israel

WIZO’s first-ever Glass Ceiling Index gathered data from government sources, research institutes and academic studies regarding women’s achievements and gender inequalities across a number of fields.

A LITERAL glass ceiling is seen on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on March 7th, 2018.

Revolution: Religious Israeli women increasingly studying computer science

For International Women’s Day, it is time for us to start thinking outside the box and to understand that a technology-based career – particularly in computers – represents a natural fit for women.

A women reflected in a computer screen (Reuters)