Israeli women

High Court challenges law excluding women from Israel's Chief Rabbinate elections

The court issued an order requiring the respondents to explain why a 2024 law should not be interpreted to require the rabbis to also appoint women as representatives in the electoral assembly.

Jewish worshippers pray for forgiveness during Selichot prayers at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, on September 3, 2026, ahead of the Jewish New Year.
Cosmetic surgery tools are seen surrounding a face mask (illustrative)

One in five Israeli women who get cosmetic procedures show signs of addiction, study finds

Col. G, set to become the Israeli Air Force's first female brigadier-general, is seen in this undated image released by the IDF on July 14, 2026

In Air Force first, IDF promotes woman to brigadier-general, appoints her Washington attaché

Hagit Pe’er (second from the right) during the World Na'amat visit to the Gaza Envelope.

Deep in the trenches of women’s rights, Na’amat fights the good fight


COVID-19 pandemic led to more postpartum depression cases in Israel

Some 15% of the approximately 180,000 pregnant women in Israel annually report developing symptoms of depression and anxiety during pregnancy.

 A newborn baby lying on her mother moments after birth in a delivery room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem on June 18, 2011.

Olympic gold medalist and Israeli trailblazer Linoy Ashram set to retire

Ashram etched her name in history books when she became the first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

 OLYMPIC GOLD medalist Linoy Ashram is greeted by family and friends as she arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this month

BIU to give tribute to remarkable Israeli women with honorary degrees

Bar-Ilan University announced the decision to exclusively honor women this year, one day after International Women's Day.

Bar Ilan University, engineering department

IDF program to integrate women into cyber units raises $1 million

The IDF 'Mamriot' program, supported by the Zalik Foundation and FIDF, aims to close the gender gap in the Israeli military's cyber units.

SOLDIERS OF the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training near Nitzanim. Formed in 2014, Bardales is an IDF infantry combat battalion comprised of 50% female soldiers.

Wine talk: Women doing wine right

Hashizra has been founded. This is a new movement to connect and advance women in wine, in Israel.

TAL TAUBER GOTTESDINER, creator, founder and manager of Hashizra for women in wine, in Israel.

Break-ins reported at homes of two N12 reporters within 24 hours

"I knew that if he managed to break in - that would be the end of me, that there was a possibility that I would end my life here or be assaulted," reporter Almaz Mangisto wrote on Saturday.

N12 reporter Yair Sherki speaks during the conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019.

Action taken against J'lem Municipality for vandalization of woman's photo

The petition was filed in response to the repeated vandalism of a photo of Holocaust survivor Peggy Parnes, which is displayed in Safra Square, home to Jerusalem's municipal offices.

Photographs of Peggy Parnes before and after being vandalized.

Israel ranks 30th in gender equality among 100 countries - study

Norway came first, followed by Finland, Iceland, the UK and then Germany. The United States was 48th, and Pakistan was last.

Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on June 18, 2021.

How men decide the fate of Jerusalem's women - opinion

This policy, shaped over the years primarily by men who, on behalf of all of us, adopted militaristically tainted decisions that ignored most other aspects of life here.

PALESTINIAN WOMEN and girls gather in front of the Dome of the Rock on the second Friday of Ramadan this April.

Women in soccer: How a 'soccer grandmom' is pushing the sport's boundaries

Israeli women’s soccer is slowly developing, but unlike in America and Europe where there are thousands of girls’ teams, in Israel there is still a “stigma” that soccer isn’t for girls.

ETTI ZAROOR (second from right), 55, warms up before the game.