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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

women in politics

Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins stitches the first Blue Eagle label into a dress during a ceremony marking the inauguration of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) code label for women's dresses in New York City, January 22, 1934. (AP Photo)
May 19, 2025, 4:37 am
How trailblazing US labor secretary Frances Perkins quietly lobbied for Holocaust refugees
While the labor activist is famous for being the first female Cabinet member, on the 60th anniversary of her death, a new book explores her overlooked efforts to help Jews fleeing the Nazis
By Rich Tenorio
Swedish Christian MEP Alice Teodorescu Måwe. (Courtesy of EPP Group)
January 25, 2025, 8:40 am
How Swedish MEP Alice Teodorescu Mawe became Israel’s most outspoken European ally
At home and in the European Parliament, the staunch advocate for Jews and Israel is leading the fight against overt antisemitism, as well as Jew-hatred masquerading as anti-Zionism
By Batya Levinthal
Sara Funaro, then assessor of Florence, attends the Righteous Among The Nations award ceremony for Bisto and Stella Nepi, who saved a Jewish fugitive from fascists and Nazis during World War II, at Florence Synagogue on April 18, 2023. (Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty Images/File)
December 18, 2024, 4:33 pm
Meet Sara Funaro, the first female – and first Jewish – mayor of Florence, Italy
Born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, the incoming city head converted to Judaism in her 20s, does not make her religious identity a central part of her political one
By Rossella Tercatin
Selina Robinson speaks about the challenges facing women in politics, September 7, 2022. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2024, 4:04 pm
Jewish Canadian politician fired, gets death threat after snark about pre-Zionist Palestine
Progressive British Columbia minister Selina Robinson forced to step down after anti-Israel activists demand her ouster for calling pre-state Israel a ‘crappy piece of land’
By Robert Sarner
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at an Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Summit, January 11, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
January 13, 2024, 3:34 am
Nikki Haley a favorite for Jewish Republican donors seeking credible Trump alternative
Lauded as ‘staunchly pro-Israel’ and a supporter of women’s rights, the long shot candidate has gathered a who’s who of Jewish backers as she tries to unite the anti-Trump vote
By Ron Kampeas
A Israeli soldier walks in front of a tank near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, October 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
December 12, 2023, 11:53 am
For Israeli women, the IDF war room’s glass ceiling is constantly reinforced
For weeks before Hamas invaded, female soldiers tried to sound the alarm. They battled heroically that day and since. But when it comes to decision-making, women are still left outside
By Shira Silkoff
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks to supporters during a rally before stepping down as mayor in order to run for president, in Mexico City, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
September 26, 2023, 3:05 am
Everything you need to know about the Jewish woman leading Mexico’s presidential race
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is polling double-digits ahead of her closest competitor, and will mark 2 firsts for the US neighbor if she’s successful
By Jacob Kessler and Gabe Friedman
Members of the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2023, 5:55 pm
New government has so far appointed zero women as ministry directors general
Out of 31 cabinet ministries, 23 men have been tapped as directors, with only a handful of positions still unfilled; women’s group threatens to go to court over matter
By Amy Spiro
Demonstrators rally at the National Mall to protest against the Iranian regime, in Washington, October 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic Republic's notorious morality police. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
October 27, 2022, 12:10 am
Female foreign ministers from across globe condemn Iran crackdown
Twelve top diplomats from Canada, Europe, Australia, Libya and elsewhere express solidarity with ‘courageous Iranian women’ protesting regime after 40 days of unrest
By AFP
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a Navy officers graduation ceremony at the Haifa naval base, September 7, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 9, 2022, 8:57 am
Yesh Atid shares women’s platform, amid projected dearth of women in next Knesset
Number of female lawmakers is expected to drop, with few named so far to party lists; Lapid accuses right-wing religious parties of wanting to keep women away from power
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Marjorie Margolies with adopted daughters Lee Heh and Holly in this undated photo. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2022, 3:01 am
Clinton in-law and former House rep talks about small kindness and raising a village
In her new memoir/parenting guide ‘And How are the Children?,’ Marjorie Margolies describes the diverse family she cobbled together while fighting for social equality
By Cathryn J. Prince
Magdalena Andersson poses during a press conference after being appointed as Sweden's first female prime minister at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on November 24, 2021. (Erik SIMANDER / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
November 24, 2021, 1:35 pm
Sweden’s parliament approves first female prime minister
Though viewed for decades as one of Europe’s most progressive countries on gender relations, Sweden had until now never placed a woman in top political post
By JAN M. OLSEN
People at a rally call to free a woman whose husband refused to grant her a Jewish divorce, Brooklyn, March 21, 2021. (Anna Rathkopf/ via JTA)
June 22, 2021, 1:51 am
Brooklyn’s loud, wide-open race to succeed a tainted Jewish city councilman
A gaggle of Jewish candidates will vie on June 22 for the heavily Jewish 48th District’s Democratic nomination – and personality seems to be as much a factor as ideology
By Shira Hanau
Rasela Mizrahi, right, speaks to a colleague during a cabinet meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, January 14, 2020. (Courtesy of the Parliament of North Macedonia/ via JTA)
June 8, 2021, 4:12 am
North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker breaks taboos, is hit with antisemitism
As Rasela Mizrahi becomes a hero to some on the right, others on the left unleash the biggest post-Holocaust torrent of hatred ever seen by the country’s Jewish community of 200
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Laura Moser and her children on a train in Berlin, November 25, 2019. The family was exploring a move it would eventually make. (Courtesy of Moser/ via JTA)
May 4, 2021, 7:45 pm
Laura Moser’s run for Congress made her feel more Jewish. So she moved to Berlin
Alienated by ostensible allies on the political left, the would-be US politician says she prefers knowing to look over her shoulder as an outsider, rather than be taken by surprise
By Ron Kampeas
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