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.

MARCH 26, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Esther secured her place in history, joining a long, celebrated line of women who give of themselves selflessly for the good of the nation.

MARCH 8, 2025|BySTEWART WEISS

‘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

After her son, Hersh, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, Goldberg-Polin became one of the most prominent figures fighting for the return of the hostages.

MARCH 7, 2025|ByKESHET NEEV

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

The meeting being requested is to examine the crimes that emerged from the UN report on Hamas's sexual violence on October 7 and the hostage situation in Gaza.

MARCH 8, 2024|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

JNF to host events across the US in honor of Women's Month

Throughout March, JNF will host more than 30 events nationwide.

MARCH 3, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JNF-USA leaders in the Women’s Campaign (left to right): Samantha van Adelsberg, Marci Robinson, Alyse Golden Berkley, Myra Chack Fleischer and Nina Paul.

Meet the women who make Israel more secure

“Women bring a different viewpoint and sometimes different solutions and we don’t have enough women in the high echelons of the security establishment.”

JANUARY 23, 2018ByMAAYAN HOFFMAN

(L-R) Sima Shine, Pnina Sharvit Baruch and Orit Perlov

Foreign Press Association complains about journalist asked to strip

Women covering Kotel visit complain about being penned off.

JANUARY 23, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN

A journalist conducting an interview. (Illustrative)

Why some religious Israelis are saying women are weakening the army

A closer look at the religious sector's disdain over co-ed service, a field Israel is leading in.

NOVEMBER 9, 2017ByANDREW TOBIN/JTA

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Me too

Three Ladies, Three Lattes looks at percolating issues in Israel’s complicated social and religious fabric. Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions.

NOVEMBER 8, 2017ByPAM PELED, DANIT SHEMESH, TZIPPI SHA-KED

A modern take on how to view women in the Bible

Ask the Rabbi: Should soldiers grant divorces before going to war?

The Talmud asserts that soldiers in King David’s army issued divorce documents before going out to war. In fact, one medieval commentator even attributes this practice to wars in the time of Moses.

NOVEMBER 2, 2017BySHLOMO BRODY

‘THE VICTORY of Joshua over the Amalekites’ (1624-25) by French painter Nicolas Poussin

Haredi extremists defy court orders, put up controversial modesty signs

Haredi extremists put the signs in question back up after the court ordered their removal, to the outrage of many female activists who deem the signs to be demeaning and wrong.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

Signs demanding women dress modestly in Beit Shemesh spark battle with court.

A historic decision on female inclusion in rabbinical courts?

While a recent ruling by the High Court now permits women to head Israel's rabbinical court system, it doesn't actually mean a woman will get the job.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017ByREVITAL AMIRAN