Women

Chief Rabbinate opens certification exams to women after High Court ruling

The Chief Rabbinate opens its exams to women after a court ruling deemed the long-standing exclusion unlawful. A historic moment for equality in Israel’s religious institutions.

Rabbi Kalman Ber attends the second round in the elections of for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024.
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ba&sh goes online: French fashion brand launches Israeli website

Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships.

Super-Pharm launches nationwide campaign to spotlight “invisible violence” in relationships

Female emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gather for a group photo in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Feb. 6, 2026.

From far corners of the Jewish world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn


The Women’s Parsha Slam: Giving women a voice on Simchat Torah

Perhaps my favorite part of the Parsha Slam is knowing that beyond the event itself, women who never saw themselves as Torah teachers or public speakers take the mic and share.

Yehudis Schamroth at the First Annual Parsha Slam in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

Survey: Almost every woman in Israel over the age of 36 suffers from perimenopausal symptoms

We’ve gotten used to thinking that menopause symptoms begin only when menstruation ends or hot flashes start – but that’s not really the case. So how can you tell you’re in perimenopause?

A woman in menopause

From looms to laptops, Afghan women lose lifeline in Taliban internet ban

The ban was said to prevent immoral activities. Instead, it has cut off business and education opportunities.

Afghan women prepare dough to make traditional cookies inside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 5, 2024.

Dozens of Mossad women penetrated Iran during 12-Day War- exclusive

The Mossad is poised to intervene if Tehran seems to be trying to use its uranium to move again in the direction of a nuclear weapon.

 A woman's shadow is seen over the Mossad logo (illustrative)

Four female IDF soldiers take a journey of healing with Belev Echad

In an effort to provide a safe space for healing for these women, the Belev Echad organized a retreat in the Hamptons as a much-needed pitstop on the road to rehabilitation and recovery.

Female IDF soldiers are taken to the Hamptons for a healing retreat by Belev Echad.

WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakes

WHO urged the Taliban to lift restrictions on Afghan women aid workers after a deadly quake, warning the shortage of female staff is leaving women without vital medical and mental health care.

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025.

Large rise in number of people executed in Iran, says UN

One hundred people were executed in July, more than double the number of people executed in July of last year, according to the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights.

A man wears a noose around his neck as supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against the death penalty in their home country and for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be declared a "terrorist organization," in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024.

Israel needs women in leadership - opinion

Our leadership is not only mostly male but also limited and failing. A political system without women at the table is distorted.

MEMBERS OF the cabinet headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid pose with then-president Reuven Rivlin, after the government was inaugurated in 2021. A breakthrough was achieved: nine women serving as cabinet ministers, the writer notes.

'An important thing to know is that most of the population is resilient to traumatic events'

This is a comforting statement in a conversation about the traumatization of Israel due to the events of October 7, 2023. 

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Technological breakthrough for a medical problem that troubles many women

Many women suffering from urinary incontinence avoid talking about it. With this innovation, perhaps they will not need to at all.

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