Women and girls

The Israeli-Bedouin women’s rights activist bringing women to the negotiation table - interview

“Stubborn” was how the Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer described herself in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer, Hanan Alsanah.
(ILLUSTRATIVE) A homeless Palestinian bride walks with her mother (R) during her wedding ceremony at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians from the Israeli offensive, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 17, 2014.

Pressure builds on Palestinian girls to marry as Gaza sees rise in child marriage rates - UNFPA

The social pressure surrounding it is not imaginary

The girl asked to remove hair? An expert explains when it’s allowed to start

NATAN dignity kits

Israeli NGO, US non-profit collaborate to deliver 2,000 hygiene kits to Khan Yunis women, girls


Fearing death, runaway Saudi sisters appeal for world's help

"We are confused," they wrote.

Saudi student are seen at the exhibition to guide job seekers to the Glowork Women's Career Fair, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 2, 2018

How Jewish women were smuggled to safety in 19th century Italy

“She is a good girl as is her name... the gentiles have laid their eyes on her on her to subvert her honor," states a letter from 1754.

Image from the Livorno Haggadah of 1825

The Rabbi I Did Not Become and the Preaching I Still Get to Do

The Jerusalem Post

Girl power

CYBERGIRLZ IS currently conducting an all-girls marathon in which they’ll feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes

TAU students protest employment of former minister convicted of indecent assault

Haim Ramon was convicted of forcibly kissing a young female soldier.

Haim Ramon

Honoring the Torah

Clearly, we do have female rabbinic leadership, one that is vibrantly glorifying the Torah.

Religious IDF women

Afghani girl coders design games to fight opium and inequality

One of the games designed by the all-female team has caught the eye of developers and gamers as it illustrates the scourge of opium cultivation and the challenges the Afghan security forces face as they try to stamp it out.

Afghan coders practice at the Code to Inspire computer training center in Herat, Afghanistan April 24, 2018

Could the next Knesset rabbi be a woman?

Women will finally get their shot at being Knesset rabbi.

The Knesset building

Ritual Impurity and Giving Birth to a Baby Girl

The Jerusalem Post

Planned Parenthood boss: Kushner threatened to defund us over abortions

Kushner, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family, was appointed senior advisor to the President of the United States after leading Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.

Jared Kushner