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A man and a woman draped in an Israeli flag watch the release by the Hamas terror group of hostages Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas in the Gaza Strip, on a screen at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
One in five Israelis ‘still struggling to function’ since Oct. 7 – new study
By Diana Bletter
Study finds women have higher levels of severe impairment in daily functioning due to their mental health, with 32% of women, 18 to 35, reporting significant distress
Young Israelis ride an electric scooter in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 11, 2026, 4:43 pm
E-scooter riders 3 times more likely to suffer brain injury than motorcyclists – UK study
Researchers say users have an increased risk of organ trauma; women are more than twice as likely to suffer severe injuries, prompting calls for stricter rules in Israel
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Nadia Khir, right, the first female Druze doctor in Israel, consults with a Druze woman in the Clalit health clinic in Julis, Western Galilee, on May 22, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 23, 2026, 7:12 am
First female Druze doctor in Israel awarded prize for breaking barriers
Dr. Nadia Khir honored with prestigious Habama Shelahen prize for blazing trail 35 years ago; ‘wanted to help’ women in her community who couldn’t seek care from male practitioners
By Diana Bletter
Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz (center) one of the female Torah scholars who has petitioned the High Court of Justice to be allowed to take the rabbinical tests administered by the Chief Rabbinate. (Ayelet Landau/Gluya Magazine)
February 11, 2026, 10:29 pm
Following years of legal battles, Chief Rabbinate opens rabbinical tests to women
Petitioners who first asked the High Court of Justice to intervene in 2019 hail the move, but the Rabbinate also announces it will conduct a comprehensive reform of the system
By Rossella Tercatin
This February 3, 2011, illustrative photo shows hair being straightened at a salon in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP/Felipe Dana)
January 5, 2026, 3:37 pm
Despite ban, dozens still suffering kidney failure from toxic hair treatments
After two hospitalized within weeks, doctor behind pioneering study on glyoxylic acid says straightening products still entering Israel and seeping into scalps
By Diana Bletter
A woman looks out the window at the Yirmiyahu33 complex, home to Israel's first hotel for women and couples who have experienced stillbirth. (Courtesy: Yad Sarah via JTA)
July 7, 2024, 8:00 am
In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth
To help couples cope with an unbearable loss few understand, a facility billing itself as the first of its kind provides dining, spa amenities and mental and emotional support
By Deborah Danan
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
For illustration: 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
Ali Rogin, author of 'How to Beat Breast Cancer Like A Boss.' (Courtesy)
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
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