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Nili Brenner, right, speaks with Dana Betzalel at the women's march in Bnei Brak, Israel on Aug. 24, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/The Times of Israel)
August 25, 2023, 3:17 am
At Bnei Brak women’s rights march, angry rhetoric drowns out Haredi-secular dialogue
Thousands of liberals rally in ultra-Orthodox city, with one organizer urging the jailing of rabbis, but others find common ground amid minor scuffles, drumming and loud music
By Canaan Lidor
Protesters march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 24, 2023, 1:39 pm
Bnei Brak rabbis ask locals to ignore planned women’s rights march through city
The rally is meant to protest discrimination against women, as well as exemption for Haredim from military service
By Canaan Lidor
Haredi men and anti-overhaul activists argue aboard a bus bound for Bnei Brak, Israel on Aug. 16, 2023. (Courtesy of Brothers in Arms)
August 17, 2023, 7:24 pm
Ostensible bid for ‘dialogue’ with Haredim on bus devolves into angry singing match
Videos show women from Brothers in Arms protest movement and Bnei Brak-bound passengers trying to drown out each other’s words with song
By Canaan Lidor
Israel Medical Association chair Prof. Zion Hagay (Screenshot from YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 19, 2023, 7:03 pm
HMO, hospital boycott fertility conference in Jerusalem that excludes women doctors
Clalit pulls its sponsorship, Hadassah Medical Center cancels participation, Israeli Medical Association calls event ‘slap in the face’ to half the medical community
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An ultra-Orthodox man vandalizing a campaign ad on a bus by tearing off the face of a woman from a poster, in footage published on December 8, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
December 8, 2019, 3:40 pm
Ultra-Orthodox man filmed biking up to bus and vandalizing image of woman
Model Galit Gutman expresses shock at ‘ugly, shameful and violent’ instance of man ripping photo of her in Bnei Brak: ‘I won’t minimize my femininity for anyone’
By ToI Staff
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a vandalized billboard in Jerusalem where women's faces have been blotted out, November 2, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 3, 2019, 10:34 am
Billboards with images of women vandalized in Ashdod
Storefronts displaying female mannequins also painted over in southern city; police launch investigation into the vandalism
By ToI Staff
The broadcasting studio of the ultra-Orthodox radio station Kol Barama, July 1, 2009. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
June 28, 2019, 2:48 am
Ultra-Orthodox radio station won’t face crippling fines for exclusion of women
Kol Barama breathes sigh of relief as Supreme Court appeal seeking NIS 20 million in compensation pulled; outlet previously ordered to pay NIS 1 million in discrimination suit
By Marissa Newman
A vandalized placard for Orly Levy-Abekasis and her Gesher party in Jerusalem, January 30, 2019 (Channel 13 news)
January 30, 2019, 1:24 pm
Female party leader’s image ripped off election campaign placard in Jerusalem
Orly Levy-Abekasis’s party says vandalism an attempt to ‘silence the voice of women,’ pledges it ‘won’t allow 51% of the public to be hidden away’
By ToI Staff
Candidates for regional and local council chairman of Israeli municipalities in the West Bank (From L-R) Yael Ben Yashar, Ruti Spitzer and Sosh Adar. (Ron Luba, courtesy, courtesy)
October 19, 2018, 11:19 am
In the land of the forefathers, some female settlers challenge the patriarchy
Shosh Adar, Yael Ben Yashar and Ruti Spitzer are testing the extent of gender equality in Israeli communities in the West Bank, where men have long dominated the political arena
By Jacob Magid
From the WebOctober 2, 2017, 1:42 pm
A bag of old photos changed me
Sure, I was insecure about my appearance, but I shouldn’t have hid from the camera
By Merri Ukraincik
The fall of Adam and Eve as depicted in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo (Wikipedia / Public Domain)
April 15, 2017, 2:49 am
On journey to Eden, Bruce Feiler discovers the Creation of Man is really an egalitarian tale
Investigating how the biblical story was ‘weaponized’ to subjugate women, bestselling author travels to Iraq, the Vatican… and through history
By Rich Tenorio
Smurfette (C) in a screenshot from the official trailer for the new movie Smurfs: The Lost Village. (YouTube)
March 27, 2017, 7:11 pm
Smurfette too sexy for ultra-Orthodox city
Immodest blue-blonde scratched from new Smurfs movie ads to maintain propriety in Bnei Brak
By Sue Surkes
The cover of 'Mishpacha' newspaper, featuring Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (screen shot: Twitter via JTA)
November 7, 2016, 10:24 pm
Orthodox Jewish papers duel over printing Hillary Clinton’s photo
As US-based ‘Mishpacha’ makes history by publishing image of female nominee, Israeli rival ‘Hamodia’ has plenty to say
By JTA
Hillary Clinton makes the November 2, 2016, cover of ultra-Orthodox magazine Mishpacha (Twitter)
November 2, 2016, 11:27 pm
Clinton pictured, kinda, on cover of Haredi magazine
Candidate’s appearance may mark first time woman’s photo has been featured in Mishpacha
By JTA
British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, December 2, 2015. (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis)
January 18, 2016, 6:47 am
British PM attacks isolation of Muslim women
‘Passive tolerance’ has left 190,000 UK Muslim women with little or no English, isolated and susceptible to extremism
By AFP
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