Women of israel

Naomi Shloush's 'Academic bimbo' confronts Mizrahi identity in modern Israel

Naomi Shloush’s book confronts identity, stigma, and the fragile space between belonging and exclusion

In her novel ‘Frecha Academait,’ Naomi Shloush confronts the stigmas around the derogatory term ‘frecha’ used for women of Mizrahi heritage.
Women. Life. Freedom.

Women redefining power in Israel

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

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

 An illustrative image of female IDF soldiers.

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


Israel’s new gov’t: More female ministers, post quality stagnant

Women head a record eight of a possible 36 ministries but lead less important departments

Knesset meeting to pass bills to create coalition government on May 6, 2020

Mount Meron celebrations contested as only one woman is invited

Only 150 people have been given permission to attend the festival. Among the 150 invitees, only a single woman has received an invitation.

Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate Lag BaOmer in the village of Kiryas Joel

Coronavirus crisis sees spike in domestic abuse in Israel

The police will therefore be carrying out regular check-ups at the homes of families in which women were feeling threatened or at risk.

Abuse (Illustrative Photo)

Employment Service: Women twice as likely to resign than male employees

The figures, published to coincide with International Women's Day, showed that Jewish women represented approximately half of all claimants last year – greater than their share of the population.

Employees work at the offices of "Time Out Tel Aviv" magazine in Tel Aviv, Israel September 28, 2017.

Gal Gadot: Beauty, strength and brains make her Israel's best ambassador

#24: Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot

German tech giant SAP launches Tel Aviv start-up accelerator

"The objective is to build an open ecosystem of start-up innovation around SAP’s solutions..." says Alexa Gorman head of SAP.iO Foundries EMEA


Women of the Wall appoint liberal Orthodox director

Yochi Rappeport-Zierler says she hopes that WOWs goals will be realized in next ten years, hopes to change perception of organization and of pluralist Judaism in Israel during her tenure.

Yochi Rappeport-Zierler (center) at a Women of the Wall prayer service at the Western Wall

The ‘Four Daughters’ within me

How I grew from the one who doesn’t know to ask to the wise one.

Women of the Wall celebrating their 30th anniversary

Forbes Under 30 Summit for Women to be held in Israel

Last year's conference was such a success, Forbes is launching its first every Under 30 women's summit in the Jewish state.

Supermodel Bar Rafaeli and Randall Lane, Chief Content Officer at Forbes Magazine at the Forbes Under 30 Summit Global

The Israeli queen of beer

Maybe it’s because the industry has such a masculine image. Say “brewer” and most people think of a burly dude.

ASHKENAZI PRESENTS the writer with a six-pack of the craft beer.