Feminism

‘I’m fine with Jews, just not Zionists’: Time to rip off the anti-Zionist mask - opinion

Those who believe that they are still supporting their Jewish acquaintances while chanting slogans against Zionism are self-righteous hypocrites

A view shows the stone ruins of the fortress at Masada National Park near Arad in April.
A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.

Teenage girl murdered after refusing arranged marriage to cousin, Iraqi women’s rights group claims

DISCO CEILING in Arlington, Texas. The 1970s saw the social revolution known as Women’s Lib.’

'All Afternoon': Feminism comes to River Ridge - book review

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New documentary spotlights Jewish feminist NYC sanitation artist


'The Only Woman in the Room': A feminist biography of Golda Meir - review

Most books about Golda Meir in English project her as a celebrity, “the grandmother of the nation,” and gloss over the politics. This book has chosen another direction.

 (FROM L) US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, prime minister Golda ‘the only woman in the room’ Meir, and Israeli ambassador to the US Simha Dinitz at the ambassador’s house in Washington, DC, 1970s.

Feminist scholars blast ‘abandonment’ of Israeli women by major organizations

The National Women Studies Association has done little to condemn Hamas or assist the victims of the worst attack against women in recent memory, says the AEN.

 People gather and light candles to remember the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

Michaeli: Indifference to Hamas sexual violence is a betrayal of feminism

The head of Israel's Labor Party advocates for cooperation with Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority while condemning the progressive left's support for jihad in the name of human rights.

Discussion in the Constitutional Committee regarding the Judicial Reform on February 20, 2023

The anti-Zionist sex: Feminist organizations side with Hamas

The October 7 massacre brought feminist organizations and jihadist rapists into one bed.

 WOMEN'S LIBERATION has been part of the Zionist ideal since its inception.

The story of Rebecca, Isaac, and Jacob from a feminist perspective - opinion

If we have an intuitive deep truth that the reality is distorted and needs correction, we should act immediately to rectify it, just as Rebecca did.

 Jacob meets Rachel in the Bible.

October 7 massacre proves #MeToo doesn't apply to Jewish women - opinion

Anywhere else, the #MeToo movement would have swung into action, yet women in Israel have not been afforded any support.

Israelis protest sexual violence in the country. Photo taken in 2020

A director, on her debut: 'I wanted to show women who did not make history'

I wanted to talk about someone who is not a rebel, who accepts the life that she has,' says Paola Cortellesi.

 Director Paola Corteselli at the Haifa International Film Festival

Revisiting Betty Friedan’s Jewish legacy through the first biography of her in decades

On that day, she finally tore through the “feminine mystique” to affirm her full identity in public — as both a feminist and a Jew.

Friedan leads biggest-ever march of over 100,000 people in Washington DC in July 1978 to demand an extension to the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

The Game of Queens: Why do women have a lower ceiling in chess?

In checking gender bias in chess playing, New York researchers find parents and coaches shortchange girls’ potential. 

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Religious feminist Alice Shalvi was a lifelong revolutionary - editorial

Teaching girls Talmud was unheard of in 1970s Israel. Shalvi did it anyway, and she didn't stop there.

Alice Shalvi