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Aliza Lavie

Nov 4, 2024, 3:13 PM

Women at the forefront: Confronting antisemitism in American academia

As antisemitism intensifies on American campuses, prominent Jewish female professors and scientists are emerging as key figures in the fight against this resurgence. Their stories not only expose the gravity of the crisis but also illuminate pathways for resilience...

Mar 3, 2021, 3:05 PM

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Between us girls (and boys too)

Back when the future looked more promising for the women of the Knesset: MK Aliza Lavie of Yesh Atid (center) with Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni (right) at a Committee for the Status of Women meeting in the Knesset, June 10, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel is having a hard time establishing gender parity in government; would quotas for women in key positions expedite the process?

Nov 11, 2020, 4:14 PM

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After the vaccine

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 29, 1897: Theodore Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, leans over the balcony of the Drei Konige Hotel during the first Zionist congress August 29, 1897, in Basel, Switzerland. Almost 51 years later, on May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was established in the Holy Land. (GPO via Getty Images)

COVID-19 has brutally exposed the existing rifts in Israeli society: We need to learn to appreciate each other again; we need to find our common language

Aug 16, 2020, 4:20 PM

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‘My mother made me do it’

Seth Rogen arrives at the premiere of 'Good Boys' on August 14, 2019, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

If Seth Rogen is so good at listening to his mom, how did he miss out on the Jewish (and Zionist) identity he was supposed to get at home?

Aug 8, 2017, 11:45 PM

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Moving Israel to the forefront of women’s rights

A female prostitute stands outside a brothel in south Tel Aviv, looking at a police woman near by. Sep 21, 2008. Photo by Kobi Gideon / FLASH90.

The legislation incriminating 'johns', which jumped a hurdle towards passage, prioritizes women's rights

May 1, 2017, 2:30 AM

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The girlfriends of fallen IDF soldiers: The pain that never goes away

Ahead of Memorial Day events, IDF soldiers put flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, Jerusalem, April 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Working to ensure that the unmarried partners of fallen IDF soldiers receive the support they so badly need

Dec 13, 2016, 8:58 PM

Bridging The Gap

As a firm believer in the importance of relations between Israel and the Diaspora, I dedicate a great deal of time to dealing with core issues that worry Jews overseas, meeting with a variety of representatives of world Jewry,...

Sep 22, 2016, 3:58 PM

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Strengthening identity: Noble goals, poor execution

MK Bennett's costly plan to strengthen the Diaspora's Jewish identity ignores the needs of the Diaspora Jews

Jul 7, 2016, 3:51 PM

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Israel must not betray its own people

The Chief Rabbinate continues to violate Jewish values and further alienate Diaspora Jewry from Israel

Apr 5, 2016, 7:48 AM

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Let those who are chained go free

A call for the Rabbinate to act with courage and release women trapped in unwanted marriages through get-refusal

About Me

Dr. Aliza Lavie served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2019, serving as chair of the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality. She is a senior lecturer at the School of Communication at Bar-Ilan University.