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Hadassah adopts policy positions on Jew-hatred, reproductive rights, wartime sexual violence

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Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has adopted three new policy positions inspired by Hamas, anti-Israel activists and the 2022 Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade. The group announced on Monday that attendees of its midyear...

Former MK calls to honor Jewish heroines on International Women’s Day

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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...
Sergeant Major Avishag Shiran Malka of the Israel Border Police. Source: Screenshot.

Meet Israel’s only female ultra-Orthodox Border Police officer

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Sgt. Maj. Avishag Shiran Malka, 38, is the only female ultra-Orthodox member of the Israel Border Police. The stringent religious practice of the ultra-Orthodox combined with the intense nature of her work can be...
The pink carpet premiere of “Barbie” at the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney on June 30, 2023. Credit: Eva Rinaldi of Abbotsford, Australia, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Barbie liberal or ‘Kenservative’?

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In the 1950s, a Jewish woman born in Denver, Colo., to parents who fled persecution in Eastern Europe, decided that the toy market needed adult-themed dolls for children. Ruth Handler (1916-2002) came up with the idea...
A group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s sixth annual women's hackathon, June 2023. Credit: Courtesy of JCT.

AI takes center stage at women’s hackathon in Jerusalem

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Road safety, traffic flow and drone-detection solutions took the top prizes as a group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s...
Mayim Bialik. Credit: Wallpaper Cave.

On Israel’s 75th, Hadassah identifies 18 ‘must know’ American Zionist women

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Actor Mayim Bialik—of “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory” fame, and more recently, host of the popular TV game show “Jeopardy!”—and Melissa Weiss, executive editor of Jewish Insider, Hadassah, have been identified as two of the “18...
To mark Women’s History Month and the Jewish holiday of Purim, the White House hosted its first-ever Jewish Women’s Forum on March 9, 2023. Source: Twitter/The White House.

Nary a politically conservative Jewish woman to be seen at inaugural White House Forum

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The White House hosted more than 70 community leaders on March 9, marking the Purim holiday with its first-ever Jewish Women’s Forum. Attendees hailed the event—part-mixer, part-holiday celebration and part-Jewish affairs state of the...
Glass ceiling in the workplace. Credit: Pixabay.

Canadian ambassador and Israeli filmmaker pose ongoing question: Why the glass ceiling?

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In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, Tribe Tel Aviv hosted a panel discussion that included Canadian Ambassador to Israel Lisa Stradelbauer and Israeli-American film director Paula Kweskin, founder of The 49%,...
A group photo of Chabad women emissaries for this year's Kinus HaShluchos. Credit: Chabad-Lubavitch.

Chabad’s annual Kinus HaShluchos draws 4,000 women emissaries

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From Feb. 8-13, some 4,000 shluchos, Chabad women emissaries, from more than 100 countries gathered in and around the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for the annual Kinus HaShluchos, whose agenda included workshops, speeches and Shabbat gatherings. It...
Sixteen religious women scholars took the test following a petition to the High Court of Justice on their behalf. Courtesy.

Historic first: Women take Israeli state exam in Jewish religious law

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For the first time in Israel’s history, the Ministry of Religious Affairs administered an exam for women Torah scholars to test their expertise in halachah, or Jewish religious law. In mid-November, 16 women sat for...