Women of israel

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA paramedic and Tribu founder Michaela Berku shares the power of volunteering at the 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."
 An illustrative image of female IDF soldiers.

For the greater good: The sacrifices made by Esther and other women for the Jewish people - opinion

 ‘WE WERE nervous because we were told that we were going to be attacked.’ Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin leave the stage after speaking at the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago in August.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A mother's strength and resilience after Oct. 7 - interview

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

US, UK, France request emergency UN Security Council meeting on Hamas sexual violence


Women’s empowerment community launches ‘Extreme Start-Over’

The first initiative of the project will assist a mother of six children who is currently navigating a difficult divorce.

A vendor sells #MeToo badges a protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California US

62% of people feel National Service volunteers are undervalued - poll

Volunteers of National Civil Service – 'Sherut Leumi' in Hebrew – are between the ages of 18 and 21 and typically work 30–40 hours per week for 12 to 24 months.

Aliza Mark (Bat Sherut) and Jake Tokayer at his Tekes Siyum Maslul Shiryon

United Hatzalah holds training drill for Jewish, Muslim women

MK May Golan: 'I am proud to see Israeli women from all over the country uniting to save lives.'

 Women's MCI drill

Stern scandal: Israel must address sexual assault complaints - analysis

Elazar Stern's admission that he shredded complaints showed Israel has a broken system that doesn't enable victims of sex offenses to file reports.

Elazar Stern at the Presidential Meeting

How far have women’s legal rights progressed in the region?

It would be naïve to suggest that Israel has reached its full potential in creating a society whereby women are equal to men, however, it is far ahead of other countries in the region.

An Iraqi woman washes her baby in scorching heat amid power cuts in Baghdad last month.

Women in Israel's key decision-making posts: Not just numbers - opinion

While the Bennett government is a harbinger of change, when it comes to national security and foreign policy, much remains to be done.

COALITION CHAIRWOMAN Idit Silman speaks in the Knesset  in Jerusalem on Monday.

SlutWalk name change shows gov’t failure to protect women from violence

SlutWalk, a yearly demonstration against violence against women, returns with new name

Jerusalem SlutWalk 2014.

Women must respond to Meron disaster with more modesty - Kanievsky

In first comments regarding the death of 45 people during the Lag Ba’Omer celebrations, the leading haredi rabbi said the disaster was “a decree from Heaven” the reasons for that cannot be known.

One of the leading rabbis of the non-hassidic haredi world, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, 92. October, 2020.

Rabbinical court approves public shaming to force get refuser's hand

After Aryeh Leib Kishon refused to give his wife a get, despite both religious and secular sanctions and pressure, the court resorted to public shaming.

Rabbinical court approves shaming as method to coax get refuser into paying.

'Hasmhii Kol': Making the voices of women heard against domestic violence

While Maayan Rabani Neeman is not happy with the remuneration shortfall, she is far more concerned with the physical abuse meted out to women on a regular basis around the world

MAAYAN RABANI NEEMAN: We have to realize that there are people in distress everywhere, including men, and that we have a responsibility to help them.