Tag: International Women’s Day
Former MK calls to honor Jewish heroines on International Women’s Day
Former Israeli lawmaker Aliza Lavie is calling on Jewish women to join an online campaign titled @IconicJewishWomen to honor Jewish heroines on International Women’s Day, March 8.
This year, the campaign follows the release of Lavie’s book Iconic...
Hamas-UNRWA sex crimes and International Women’s Day
Israelis don’t need further proof of the atrocities committed on Oct. 7 by Hamas, and fellow Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah savages. Testimony from survivors and forensic pathologists abounds.
As if eyewitness accounts weren’t sufficient,...
Instagram bans anti-Israel group after it posts collage featuring terrorists
Within our Lifetime (WOL), a New York City-based anti-Israel group that supports the Palestinian right of return “from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea,” resistance to the “Zionist occupation by any means necessary”...
International Women’s Day is an intersectional joke
Like all knocking-on-open-door phenomena, the annual hoopla surrounding International Women’s Day on March 8 is celebrated most where it’s not required: in Western democracies. Israel is no exception.
To mark the utterly pointless fest, Israel’s Channel...
Overcoming the pandemic and adapting to new home, Israeli women find professional success
For many parents, the past two years have been somewhat of a blur. Lockdowns, regulations and mandatory isolation became the norm, making parenting even more of a challenge than it already is. With all...
Israeli embassy co-hosts women’s day event, noting benefits of Abraham Accords
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Israeli embassy co-hosted an event with the embassies of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco to discuss the essential role women are playing...
Two steps forward: Women talk of an age of opportunity
Civil-rights activist Shirley Chisholm once remarked, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” That motto ran through the veins of so many women in the 1960s and...
Giving women the license to dream big
As the first woman CEO at a major Jewish nonprofit, I’m a bit of an anomaly.
A 2018 survey by Leading Edge: Alliance for Excellence in Jewish Leadership found that while women comprise 70 percent of employees...
Celebrating International Women’s Day with the female chefs shaping Israeli dining
In a traditionally male-dominated industry, it is female Israeli restaurateurs at the forefront of Tel Aviv’s thriving culinary scene who are charting the way forward for Israel’s food culture. Ruti Broudo, Merav Barzilay and...
Jewish and Arab women marrying, conceiving later than a decade ago
A study by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of International Women’s Day 2019 revealed that Jewish and Arab women are marrying at older ages than they were 10 years ago, and that Israel...