Tag: Women
Want to change the world? Begin in the Jewish home
Jewish tradition cites Rosh Hashanah as the day on which the world was created. The day on which the creation of the first man was completed and, in effect, humanity was created.
On Rosh Hashanah,...
Rivlin, tech leaders meet with Israeli haredim as numbers in industry rise
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met with haredim involved in the Israeli high-tech industry on Tuesday in the backdrop of a report noting a 52 percent jump in the number of Torah-observant workers in the field since...
Women’s hackathon in Jerusalem results in solutions for pandemic’s acute needs
Nearly 100 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Tal and Lustig campuses for women, comprised of religious and Ultra-Orthodox students, completed a 44-hour online hackathon in which they designed and marketed innovative solutions...
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...
Israeli employment at record high while pay gaps remain, study shows
The employment rate of Israelis aged 25 to 64 stands at a record 78.3 percent, while major wage gaps between population groups continue to exist, according to a report published on Wednesday by Israel’s...
For a few dozen girls this summer, it’s much more than all talk
On the fields of a private-school campus in northwestern New Jersey, two girls sit on white wooden chairs in the mid-morning sun sharing stories.
No one seems in a particular rush to get anywhere, which...
Jerusalem College women’s hackathon leads to device to gauge oxygen levels in babies
More than 100 religious women students from Jerusalem College of Technology/Machon Tal worked around the clock last week as part of the second annual Hack@Tal, a 44-hour hackathon for the school’s Torah-observant women students.
The...
Forbes looks to Israel as paragon of female leadership at ‘Under 30 Global Women’s...
With a record number of women in U.S. Congress, starting companies, and sitting on the boards of directors of major businesses, academic and cultural institutions, editor of ForbesWomen Maggie McGrath defined the modern era...
Program empowers Druze women to break Israel’s glass ceiling
There is a tradition within the Druze community dating back to the 11th century that calls for complete loyalty to the government of the country in which they reside. In this spirit, the Druze...
English-language computer-science degree for women to commence in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem College of Technology, a leader in providing high-level science and technology education to religious students in Israel and worldwide, has announced that it is launching Israel’s only computer-science degree program whose classes are offered...