International Women’s Day

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

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
UNITED HATZALAH President Eli Beer gives a presentation to President Isaac Herzog.
Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans, used to make coffee.

Brewing change

Strauss’s global ‘More Than a Cup’ initiative is helping coffee growers strengthen their livelihoods while empowering women farmers across Africa, Asia, and Latin America

|ByRAYMOND STEIN
Dr. Ofira Azulay. “This hospital feels like home.”

When the hospital became a battlefield, these women kept life moving forward

For two years, Soroka Medical Center has treated thousands while under attack. Three women doctors share what it means to work, parent, and endure on the frontlines of medicine and war

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH SOROKA
A woman moves her hair while standing on a rooftop as smoke rises in the distance over Tehran following reported explosions in the city, on March 03, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

JCFA International Women’s Day project brings together voices from across the Middle East

“I see a bright future for the women in Iran, and I can't wait to dance with them in the streets soon,” said project head Sogand Fakheri.

|ByESTHER DAVIS

You’ve come a long way, Baby Bamba

And continuing in a different way, now that Osem will replace the popular snack's boy mascot with a girl in honor of International Woman's Day. Her introductory preview on YouTube has gone viral.

FEBRUARY 29, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
Bamba baby 370