Feminism israel

Religious feminist Alice Shalvi was a lifelong revolutionary - editorial

Teaching girls Talmud was unheard of in 1970s Israel. Shalvi did it anyway, and she didn't stop there.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Alice Shalvi
Alice Shalvi

Israeli professor, Jewish feminism educator Alice Shalvi dies at 96

She is survived by five of her six children,  21 grandchildren,  and 26 great-grandchildren, which is quite a legacy for someone who escaped Nazi Germany in time.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Reading a torah scroll

Law firm releases report on JOFA after allegations made against sex-guru founder

Although JOFA had already responded to the allegations internally, it commissioned an external review of its past and practices.

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
The Fem Forward 2023 cohort in Morocco

FemForward kicks off first Moroccan, Israeli cohort in Casablanca

With high hopes of expanding to other Middle Eastern states such as the UAE and Bahrain.

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Feminism and Zionism

Over the years, I have found many parallels between feminism and Zionism. Both movements are daughters of the Enlightenment.

AUGUST 3, 2015ByEINAT WILF
Women of the Wall

Hard Landing

JUNE 21, 2015ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
The Jerusalem Post

Photoshoped

JANUARY 27, 2015ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
The Jerusalem Post

Israeli lawmaker calls driver's test question sexist, demands reform

"D.) this is true only for women."

DECEMBER 30, 2014BySHARON UDASIN
Cars on a highway [illustrative]