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An illustrative photo of an abdominal ultrasound during early pregnancy. (AlexRaths via iStock by Getty Images)

August 20, 2023, 9:01 pm

New technology enables researchers to better understand early placental development

Advanced tool gives US-Israeli team a clear picture of the arteries, cells, and proteins involved in the maternal-fetal interface; findings may help prevent pregnancy complications

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A team works on a high-tech project (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

November 24, 2022, 9:17 pm

Jerusalem-led mentorship program to help Gulf women in tech climb up career ladder

Women from Israel, Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE working in junior tech positions to join program in Jerusalem and Dubai

By Sharon Wrobel

Miriam Anzovin posts her reactions to the Daf Yomi page-a-day Talmud study regimen on TikTok, and people either love it or hate it. (Courtesy)

February 10, 2022, 2:36 am

Raunchy TikTok Talmud tidbits spark slut-shaming and heated discourse

Miriam Anzovin’s ‘Daf Reactions’ cause as many disputes as their source material; some find them sacrilegious, others refreshing, but their creator says they’re simply heartfelt

By Cathryn J. Prince

Detail from Gestapo mug shots of Mildred Harnack following her arrest, 1942. (Bundesarchiv, R 58/03191-228)

September 28, 2021, 11:43 am

A courageous American woman led the largest resistance group in Nazi Germany

In the bestseller ‘All The Frequent Troubles of Our Days,’ author Rebecca Donner recounts the true story of her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, who gave her life to fight fascism

By Renee Ghert-Zand

From left: Marcella Morris as a young woman; Ruth Morris in her high school yearbook; Selma Morris as a young woman (Courtesy of Julie Klam)

September 20, 2021, 7:10 am

Truth trumps fiction in family mythbuster on quirky turn-of-the-century sisters

In ‘The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters,’ Julie Klam travels the globe to separate the truth from the lore about her grandmother’s 4 philanthropic chain-smoking millionaire cousins

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Afghan women hold placards and don burkas as they take part in a protest in Herat on September 2, 2021. (AFP)

September 3, 2021, 6:58 am

Donning burqas as ‘compromise,’ Afghan women plead for daughters’ school rights

Mothers defy Taliban to press for daughters’ continued education, with new leadership in Kabul expected to roll back female access to public sphere

By AFP

Deborah Copaken undergoing sound bowl therapy in Kathmandu, July 2017 (Stephen Douglas Alexander)

July 31, 2021, 9:04 am

Photojournalist dodges death to build herself back up after her body breaks down

In ‘Ladyparts,’ Deborah Copaken laughs and cries through a decade of medical scares, divorce, financial struggles and sexual harassment in an America that routinely fails women

By Renee Ghert-Zand

October 22, 2020, 3:23 pm

Daughter of Springsteen drummer pens book on beating breast cancer ‘like a boss’

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, BRCA-positive ‘previvor’ Ali Rogin releases new book with stories of women from Debbie Wasserman Schultz to singer Sheryl Crow

By Cathryn J. Prince

Dr. Sharon Moalem's new book 'The Better Half' argues that women's genetic superiority gives them an edge when it comes to fighting off diseases such as COVID-19. (iStock photos/ SIphotography)

August 21, 2020, 11:28 pm

Women’s more complicated genes help them survive COVID more than men, claims MD

In new book ‘The Better Half’ Dr. Sharon Moalem says genes, not behavior, responsible for women’s increased longevity and immune response, but also heighten effects of ‘Long Covid’

By Cathryn J. Prince

Rabbi Baruch Gazahay in a recorded lecture posted to YouTube. (Screenshot: YouTube)

June 16, 2020, 10:52 pm

Shas candidate under fire for misogyny, racism won’t take Knesset seat after all

Rabbi Baruch Gazahay, who has posted many videos disparaging women and Arabs, drops candidacy amid outcry

By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner

Shas MK Rabbi Baruch Gazahay in a 2016 lesson. (Screenshot: YouTube)

June 16, 2020, 3:03 pm

Incoming Shas MK has said immodest women get breast cancer, reincarnate as cows

Rabbi Baruch Gazahay has posted many videos disparaging women; has said only monkeys accept the theory of evolution; now claims comments ‘taken out of context’

By Michael Bachner

From left: an unidentified girl, Anna Herskovicova, another unidentified girl, Lea Friedmann, and Debora Gross (Adela’s sister), c. 1936. (Courtesy of Heather Dune Macadam)

January 2, 2020, 4:16 am

First transport of Jews to Auschwitz was 997 young Slovak women and teens

New book details how unmarried women were tricked into showing up for deportation, and follows the few who managed against all odds to survive three long years of hell on earth

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Montage of Michael Steinhardt, chairman of WisdomTree Investments Inc., (L), speaking during an interview in New York, on April 12, 2012. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg via JTA) and Robert Kraft, owner of the NFL's New England Patriots football team, looking on during Super Bowl LIII Opening Night at State Farm Arena on January 28, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP)

April 24, 2019, 3:01 pm

After Steinhardt, now what?

The Jewish community has so far resisted embracing the systemic change needed to build a gender reality rooted in equality and respect

By Jamie Allen Black, Naomi K. Eisenberger and Nicole Nevarez

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan attends a committee meeting in the Knesset, on July 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

December 9, 2018, 10:00 am

Public security minister launches fresh round of interviews for top cop position

After candidate Moshe Edri failed to pass a vetting committee, Erdan said to be frustrated at panel’s refusal to approve multiple candidates for him to choose from

By ToI Staff

Then-Minister of Senior Citizens Gila Gamliel speaks during the weekly government conference at PM Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on December 30, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

December 6, 2018, 7:41 pm

Social equality minister calls for next police chief to be a woman

Gila Gamliel sends letter to PM urging ‘historic’ step, citing need for ‘different leadership’ after wave of sexual harassment cases within force

By Michael Bachner