WIZO

Grapevine, May 8, 2026: A special Shabbat treat

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

WORLD WIZO president Anat Vidor (3rd from left) with members of the Buenos Aires City Legislature.
Anat Vidor, president of World WIZO. Her family history is etched onto Israel’s streets and institutions.

Israel can no longer afford the privileges of adolescent behavior

World WIZO President Anat Vidor

World WIZO president at Jerusalem Post summit

Anat Vidor, president of World WIZO. Her family history is etched onto Israel’s streets and institutions.

Meet Anat Vidor’s vision for World WIZO


Women of WIZO from 40 nations get ready for Tel Aviv mega-bash

WIZO members from 40 countries to gather in Tel Aviv for quadrennial event.

WIZO members from 40 countries to gather in Tel Aviv for quadrennial event

PM pledges ‘significant steps’ against domestic violence

Netanyahu’s comments mark International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with women living at a WIZO and government sponsored shelter for victims of domestic violence, during a tour marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Walking the line:the Animix festival

Blumenberg was born in Lugano, Switzerland, and made aliya at the age of 13. Even so, he says he makes good use of some of the traits he imbibed in his birth country.

Raffael Blumenberg’s ‘Woman, Man, Line.’ at the Animix festival.

WIZO and Wikimedia Israel launch competition to promote Israeli women online

Collaboration aims to add, recognize, 150 female Israeli figures to Wikipedia.

 Prof. Rivka Lazovsky, chairwoman of WIZO World Executive.

Here and There: The elections merry-go-round... and its consequential fallout

There can be no doubt that the current electoral system we ‘enjoy’ in Israel will continue to provide governments that simply cannot govern.

Elections in Israel

The Human Spirit: Being Malke Bina

You couldn’t help absorbing how much Rabbanit Bina loved this material. Torah study is always far more than the material on the page.

Malka Bina sits in the library of the institute she founded, the Sadie Rennert Women’s Institute for Torah Studies.

And the most sexist advertisement of 2013 is…

Sano Jet's campaign depicting 2 small girls competing over who has the perfect housewife mother, taking women's rights back 50 years, according to WIZO.

Still from Sano Jet commercial

Kibbutz Dafna worker bitten by viper

Weekly wrap-up of local news around the country.

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WIZO conference tackles challenges facing women’s leadership

Through training, idea exchanges, skill building, plenary will focus on tools for recruiting, especially younger women of “Generation Y.”

WIZO LEADERS (from left) Jana Falic, president of WIZO USA; Prof. Rivka Lazovsky, chairwoman of the World WIZO executive; Tova Ben-Dov, president of World WIZO; and Ruth Rappaport, co-chairwoman of the International Council of WIZO

Finding their own strength

The Beit Ruth educational and therapeutic village sets at-risk girls on productive path.

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