Women of israel

Women redefining power in Israel

Six women lead with courage

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH BONOT ALTERNATIVA
Women. Life. Freedom.
Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

|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.

|ByKESHET NEEV

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, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Empowering women: Israel's Knesset hosts special conference for International Women's Day

Stormy separate Knesset committee discussion over funding for a forum that combats domestic violence cut short

MARCH 5, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Women Leaders Summit 2024

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JANUARY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Women Leaders Summit 2024

High Court rules: Women can be on committee to select Chief Rabbi

The impact of the decision is yet to be seen: it does not mandate, but merely permits, the inclusion of women to be considered for the committee that selects Chief Rabbis and Chief Rabbinate Council.

JANUARY 14, 2024ByLEON KRAIEM
A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

IOF releases report on violence against Israeli women in 2023

A third of all femicide cases in Israel in 2023 occurred after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

JANUARY 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

Minister May Golan to global women's organizations: 'Raise your voice against the crimes of Hamas'

The letter demanded an unequivocal stop to being silent and to raise a clear and resounding voice against the crimes of Hamas that were committed on October 7.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByANNA BARSKY/WALLA
MK May Golan visits at MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's makeshift office in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022.

Israeli bodybuilder Dana Shemesh back and as good as ever

The previous Olympia Masters was held in 2012, but came back after a 11-year hiatus and was held in Romania for the first time.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByAVI KUMAR
ORN AND raised in Jerusalem, 48-year-old Dana Shemesh has been Israel's top female professional bodybuilder for almost two decades.

Women to march in Bnei Brak in protest of mistreatment on buses

"Whoever thinks he will be able to exclude women - will welcome us in the streets," one leader of the march exclaimed.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis attend a protest march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023.

The Jewish people are a family, albeit a dysfunctional one - opinion

The MOMentum organization believes in focusing on Jewish unity, despite the things that seem to divide us.

JUNE 29, 2023ByLORI PALATNIK
FROM LEFT: Deputy Finance Minister Michal Waldiger, Education Minister Yoav Kisch, MOMentum CEO Ben Pery, the writer, President Isaac Herzog, and Ophir and Bat-Galim Shaer pose at the Jerusalem Unity Prize ceremony at the President’s Residence last week.

Groups slam Israeli gov't for ‘medieval’ backslide on women’s rights

As Israel focuses on judicial overhaul, groups warn that a slew of bills could set gender equality back centuries.

APRIL 4, 2023ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.