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Golda Meir, women soldiers, religious feminists and 'Wonder Woman' Gal Gadot represent the various ways women in Israel and America have seen themselves reflected one in the other since 1948. (JTA collage)
Israel@70
What women in Israel and the West have learned from seven decades of cooperation
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Americans are inspired by powerful Israeli role models, and in return laid the foundation for an Israeli feminist movement fighting sexualization and wage disparity
Golda Meir, women soldiers, religious feminists and 'Wonder Woman' Gal Gadot represent the various ways women in Israel and America have seen themselves reflected one in the other since 1948. (JTA collage)
April 19, 2018, 8:18 am
What women in Israel and the West have learned from seven decades of cooperation
Americans are inspired by powerful Israeli role models, and in return laid the foundation for an Israeli feminist movement fighting sexualization and wage disparity
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Bilhah and Rachel, from reading of Genesis, chapter 30. (YouTube)
April 5, 2018, 3:25 pm
More than four mothers
Erasing Bilhah and Zilpah, no less, from our consciousness indicates how excluded women are
By Lior Tal Sadeh
Woman passenger on a plane looking out of the window (via iStock)
March 11, 2018, 1:59 pm
When a Haredi man asked me to change my plane seat
No one was inconvenienced. Everyone was respected. Why not make the effort?
By Laura Ben-David
Gal Gdot attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images/AFP)
March 9, 2018, 4:43 pm
Gal Gadot says feminism is equality, not ‘bra burning’
Israeli 'Wonder Woman' star calls for equal pay and opportunities in Hollywood after a year dominated by sexual harassment scandals
By TOI staff
Dr. Nancy Strichman discussing her findings with attendees. (Gal Mosenson)
March 8, 2018, 4:02 pm
At Tel Aviv symposium, women come together to plan Israel’s feminist future
For International Women's Day, NCJW and the Dafna Fund sponsor conference to reveal new study on women's status in the Holy Land -- and discuss fresh steps forward
By Tracy Frydberg
Illustrative. (iStock)
March 8, 2018, 12:22 pm
I am Woman — Please don’t make me roar
I teach my daughter how to listen, and I teach my son the same thing; I no longer need to roar
By Bracha Goldstein
Female rabbis said the themes related to gender in the Purim narrative take on an added significance in the wake of the #MeToo movement. (Lior Zaltzman/JTA)
February 28, 2018, 4:45 pm
In a #MeToo era, Purim to be celebrated differently by Jewish feminists
In recent years, new readings rehabilitate Vashti and ponder the tensions between Esther’s subservient role in the king’s household and the power she asserts as queen
By Josefin Dolsten
February 26, 2018, 3:28 pm
Being religious is a strike against me
It is not easy, but I am an empowered Orthodox Jew living in the 21st century, and I make my voice heard
By Sara Kupfer
Alice Shalvi, Israeli professor and educator, poses for a photo at her home in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 18, 2018, 5:29 am
Dr. Alice Shalvi: Equal education of Orthodox women is changing Israeli society
The fight for parity in Israel is only just getting started, says the 91-year-old champion of religious feminism
By Tracy Frydberg
Philanthropist Morris Kahn, left, Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman, center, and Stan Polovets, co-founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation. (Genesis Foundation)
January 4, 2018, 10:30 am
Women on the rise
Every man knows that the women in his life, from his mother to his co-workers, should be treated with respect
By Lori Palatnik
Illustrative. (Pexels)
December 28, 2017, 2:56 pm
Dads are parents too!
Thanks New York, for making sure we fathers can change our babies' diapers in restaurants, malls... even nightclubs
By Ben Sales
Abbi Jacobson (left) and Ilana Glazer, the co-creators of 'Broad City.' (courtesy)
December 16, 2017, 3:32 am
Get ready for more chaos, humor, and chutzpah as ‘Broad City’ preps a 5th season
But first, check out the latest run of Comedy Central's hit feminist-Jewish-millennial show that addresses all the burning Jewy issues. And hair
By Anna Katz
This photo taken in New York on Dec. 11, 2017, shows the word feminism listed in the dictionary. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
December 12, 2017, 10:48 pm
Merriam-Webster’s 2017 word of the year: ‘Feminism’
Editor of top American English dictionary points to Harvey Weinstein scandal, Kellyanne Conway speech for leading to increase in searches for word
By Leanne Italie
Devorah Blachor, author of 'The Feminist’s Guide to Raising a Little Princess,' and her children. (Courtesy)
November 26, 2017, 3:42 pm
The feminist’s guide to raising a little princess
Devorah Blachor is no longer worried about her daughter's obsession with Disney royalty -- and she has scholarly research to prove why
By Judy Batalion
November 16, 2017, 11:38 pm
Spiritual leader at NY Orthodox community says she’s no ‘bra-burning feminist’
Through sharing her love affair with Yiddishkeit, Israeli-born Michal Kohane is driving Modern Orthodoxy to new levels of equality
By Cathryn J. Prince
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