International Women’s Day

Shaping Israel’s music: Inside the workshops of women luthiers

Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.

An illustrative image of a luthier at work.
SHE HAS now chosen to live in Israel, studying political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Pictured: At the Western Wall, before the war.

'I am Turkish, I am a woman, and I support Israel': Inside Turku Avci's journey

UNITED HATZALAH President Eli Beer gives a presentation to President Isaac Herzog.

Grapevine, March 13, 2026: Technology beats live human contact

Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans, used to make coffee.

Brewing change


The war in Ukraine has negative effects on independence of Jewish women

From independent, empowered women to refugees, the Ukrainian-Russian War turned Jewish women to displaced and scared for thir lives and fates.

 A woman sits on a bench next to luggage as refugees from Ukraine cross the Ukrainian-Slovakian border following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, March 3, 2022.

Stav Achai to perform at Holon's Woman's Festival on Int'l Women's Day

The show on March 8 (10 p.m.) will feature material from her debut release Plastic Cocoon and from her upcoming new Tears In Color album which Achai hopes will be out and about by May.

 STAV ACHAI – angular breaks.

Film programs in Israel to mark International Women’s Day

The movies are both by and about women and include tributes, retrospectives, preview screenings of new movies, student films and meetings with artists.

Jerusalem Cinematheque unveils renovated auditorium

Israel has ways to go for gender equality - opinion

Only a joint force of committed and influential women will succeed.

 BELLA ABZUG wears her trademark large hat during a discussion with fellow activist Jane Fonda in 1995, at a function celebrating 20 years since the establishment of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

MAN teaches women how to drive 

MAN trucks Israel has initiated a project to train women to drive trucks (for FREE) and integrate them into the heavy vehicle industry.

First women to enroll in a truck driving course, Yogev Gavri, CEO of MAN Israel

Mali Levi, Lucy Aharish to lead L’Oréal’s anti-sexual harassment campaign

The 'Stand Up campaign', is part of the global social agenda of the L’Oréal Paris brand, which aims to prevent sexual harassment in the public space and raise awareness of the phenomenon.

 Lucy Aharish / L’Oréal’s anti-sexual harassment campaign

Grapevine March 2, 2022: Tel Aviv lights up in blue and yellow

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1977.

Voices from the Arab Press: No stronger character than the woman

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

SAUDI FEMALE rally driver, Dania Akeel, and her co-driver, Laurent Lichtleuchter, sit in her T1-Buggy during the first stage of Sharqiyah International Baja Rally, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, earlier this month.

Pakistani Taliban threaten organizers of Women's Day March

The Taliban statement followed a flurry of falsified images and video clips on social media that suggested participants in the March 8 protests had insulted Islam, which they strongly denied.

Members of the Taliban in Pakistan

Letters to the Editor March 10, 2021: Meretz merits mention

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters