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


An open letter to the prime minister

During the course of this year, despite unceasing harassment by the Western Wall rabbi, Women of the Wall continued praying at the Western Wall.

MEMBERS OF 'Women of the Wall' including the author (second from right) speak to the media following the Israeli government's decision last year

Women of Wall to continue reading Torah at Western Wall despite deal, group says

Chief Rabbi of Western Wall accuses Women of the Wall of violating agreement with government; group says that not reading from Torah was part of a deal they "could not accept."

Women of the Wall with Torah scroll in women's section of the Western Wall, March 11, 2016

Israeli magazine profiles female victims of sexual assault on Int'l Women's Day

Inspired by New York Magazine's July 2015 cover featuring women who were allegedly sexual assault by comedian Bill Cosby, Israel's 'Laisha.'

Israeli magazine profiles 22 female victims of sexual assault on International Womens’ Day

Gender wage gaps in Israel among highest in developed world

The report, written by Sagit Azary-Viesel and Prof. Dan Ben-David, offered a comprehensive review of the gender gap in Israel's labor market.

A woman and a girl sit in front of the Mediterranean at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon

A new vision of Kotel future: Part one

As a member of Women of the Wall, I look forward to a time when we have a beautiful and welcoming prayer space at the Kotel.

Women of the Wall

Haredi women get symposium of their own

Haredi women in the workforce are not such a novelty anymore.

At the symposium on ultra-Orthodox women and the 21st century

His Story/Her Story: Women of the Book

Do women interpret Torah differently than men?

Audrey Flack's ‘Sarah.'

On Bonna Haberman

Bonna Haberman created and ran Women of the Wall (WOW) for years and remained active in our core mission literally until the day she died.

Bonna Devora Haberman

Parshat Shlah: Learning from the daughters of Zelophehad

‘And God spoke to Moses: “…Send forth for yourself men and they will tour the Land of Canaan…”’ (Numbers 13:1,2)

Painting by Yoram Raanan

Meeting the men of the Women of the Wall

Facing arrests and harassment, Jewish men from various streams join the female prayer group in an effort to promote justice and tolerance.

Men of the Women of the Wall pray behind the partition at the back of the women’s section, in 2013.