The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/wizo/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:56:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png WIZO | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/wizo/ 32 32 ‘She was killed and left there’: Inbar Haiman’s family demands right to bury her https://www.timesofisrael.com/she-was-killed-and-left-there-inbar-haimans-family-demands-right-to-bury-her/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:20:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3636586 'Her mother needs a grave to go to, to speak to her daughter, to light a candle when she needs to,' aunt Hannah Cohen says

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]]> Reconfigured after October 7, Haifa Biennale uses art to work through trauma and loss https://www.timesofisrael.com/reconfigured-after-october-7-haifa-biennale-uses-art-to-work-through-trauma-and-loss/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:51:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3206469 Video art installations are focus of Mediterranean art show at Wizo Haifa; beeswax soldiers are lined up at Artists' House

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]]> Women in abusive homes fear for their safety as war leads to relaxed gun licensing https://www.timesofisrael.com/women-in-abusive-homes-fear-for-their-safety-as-war-leads-to-relaxed-gun-licensing/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:32:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3143521 175,000 firearm license applications filed since Oct. 7 as Ben Gvir eases restrictions; forum calls for those with domestic violence complaints against them to be ineligible

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]]> Haifa artworks can be seen on the way to work (or school) https://www.timesofisrael.com/haifa-artworks-can-be-seen-on-the-way-to-work-or-school/ Wed, 31 May 2023 22:34:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3023732 Curators launch Videonale, the first video biennale focused on female art

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]]> Photographer’s images of Ukraine bear witness to war zone https://www.timesofisrael.com/photographers-images-of-ukraine-bear-witness-to-war-zone/ Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:54:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2868609 Russian-born Israeli Pavel Wolberg's new exhibit in Haifa of Russia's previous incursion foreshadows the 2022 war

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]]> Subsidized daycare centers threaten to keep their doors closed come September https://www.timesofisrael.com/subsidized-daycare-centers-threaten-to-keep-their-doors-closed-come-september/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:58:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2804803 Histadrut chief urges Lapid to intervene: '10,000 toddlers will be left without a daycare center this year'

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]]> Feminist campaign hits Jerusalem buses to compensate for defaced mayoral posters https://www.timesofisrael.com/feminist-campaign-hits-jerusalem-buses-to-compensate-for-defaced-mayoral-posters/ Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07:40:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2029042 After ultra-Orthodox vandalized her mayoral banners last summer, Rachel Azaria launches 'I dream' drive which envisions society without discrimination against women

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]]> Daycare strike ends as sides agree on bonuses, more workers https://www.timesofisrael.com/day-care-strike-ends-as-sides-agree-on-bonuses-reforms/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 05:59:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1919169 Staff to get NIS 1,500 extra for holidays; Welfare Ministry will look into streamlining training to bring Israel in line with caretaker-child ratio in rest of developed world

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]]> Spike seen in Israeli women reporting sexual abuse after #MeToo https://www.timesofisrael.com/spike-in-number-of-sexual-abuse-cases-reported-by-israeli-women-after-metoo/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 11:27:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1726035 Groups note increase in calls to rape crisis centers following social media campaign and celebrity testimonies

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]]> Jewish group flies aid to San Juan, gets stranded man to son’s wedding https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-group-flies-aid-to-san-juan-gets-stranded-man-to-sons-wedding/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 03:48:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1705357 UJA-Federation of New York brings food, water and other supplies to 'desperate' Puerto Rico, gives firefighter who had been stuck on island ride back

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]]> Jewish group cancels Brazil exhibit after theft of paintings by Israeli women https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-group-cancels-brazil-exhibit-after-theft-of-paintings/ Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1569257 35 works by Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Druze artists, conveying message of coexistence, nicked en route from Sao Paulo to Rio

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]]> A WIZO Woman’s right to choose https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-wizo-womans-right-to-choose/ Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:32:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1137518 The WIZO screening of '50 Shades of Grey' has some peoples' knickers in a knot, but we believe what you watch is up to you

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]]> WIZO to screen ’50 Shades’ in controversial fundraiser https://www.timesofisrael.com/wizo-to-screen-50-shades-in-controversial-fundraiser/ Mon, 09 Feb 2015 20:33:40 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1135596 While the event attempts to attract young women to the organization, longtime supporters worry about damage to its reputation

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]]> In year of war, rise in domestic violence complaints seen https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-year-of-war-rise-in-domestic-violence-complaints-seen/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:14:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1097262 Some 65 reports filed a day, according to WIZO study; Knesset speaker says legal measures insufficient

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]]> Politics said to nix Achinoam Nini show https://www.timesofisrael.com/politics-said-to-nix-achinoam-nini-show/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:33:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1038241 Singer's manager accuses sponsor WIZO of ostracizing her over her support for Israeli-Arab coexistence

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