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The Handmaid's Tale

Author Margaret Atwood speaks at the National Book Critics Circle awards ceremony Thursday, March 16, 2017, in New York. (AP/Julie Jacobson)
May 8, 2023, 1:12 am
Protests are altering Israel’s trajectory, says Handmaid’s writer Margaret Atwood
‘The king’ knows that ‘an awful lot of people think what he is doing is wrong’: At Jerusalem Writers Festival, Canadian author talks judicial reform, Handmaid’s Tale, Netanyahu
By Jessica Steinberg
Moran Zer Katzenstein, founder of the women's rights advocacy group Bonot Alternativa, accepts an award in March 2023 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 25, 2023, 10:44 am
Founder of group behind Handmaid protests: Women are realizing danger of the overhaul
Moran Zer Katzenstein says crowd-funding pays for red robes; participant dispels myth of privileged white protesters, says galvanized by Ben Gvir blocking domestic violence tagging
By ToI Staff
Author Margaret Atwood attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York on Nov. 11, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
March 20, 2023, 4:47 pm
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ author nods at inclusion in Israel protests
Margaret Atwood tweets video of hundreds of women across Israel donning iconic red robes and white caps during anti-government protests
By ToI Staff and AP
Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" TV series attend a protest against the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system in the old port of Acre in northern Israel, March 16, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
March 17, 2023, 12:17 pm
Dystopian ‘Handmaids’ become iconic fixture at protests against judicial overhaul
Protesters dressed as characters from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ say fear their rights will be the first to be harmed by right-wing government’s bills
By ISAAC SCHARF and Tia Goldenberg
Handmaids in Tel Aviv, June 22, 2017. (Courtesy of HOT)
May 26, 2018, 8:53 am
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ season 2: One of the most powerful scenes involves a rabbi
In contrast to show’s grim setback, writers provide a genuinely touching moment when two women who meet at a colony work camp fall in love and are married by Jewish clergy member
By Gabe Friedman
This image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, January 7, 2018. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
January 8, 2018, 4:23 am
Female empowerment stars at Golden Globes colored by MeToo movement
Oprah brings crowd to tears with speech on civil rights and women fighting back; host Seth Meyers roasts Harvey Weinstein as ‘elephant not in the room’
By AP
Handmaids at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 22, 2017. (Courtesy of HOT)
June 22, 2017, 11:17 pm
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ invades streets of Tel Aviv
Women dressed as handmaids wander the city, to promote the hit show’s new run on Israeli cable-TV station HOT
By Andrew Tobin
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