Gitit Levy-Paz, at The Blogs

Dec 3, 2021, 3:35 PM

So how, in fact, do Haredi women behave?

Esty Shushan, founder of the ultra-Orthodox women’s group Nivcharot shown in a promotional photo for Anna Somershaf's documentary film 'A Woman of Valor'

Ultra-Orthodox feminists aren't just changing their own communities, they are posing a wider challenge: Can new and different models be tolerated in the Israeli secular space?

Jun 2, 2021, 1:08 AM

Beyond the TV Screen: American Jews and Israel

According to the new Pew survey, most US Jews are concerned about Israel and even feel connected to it. However, almost half of them know nothing, or nearly nothing about BDS movement waging an international campaign against the State...

Apr 12, 2021, 6:34 PM

Holocaust remembrance the day after

Man walks at Holocaust Memorial in Berlin Designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. Berlin - July 1, 2016 (Stock)

According to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, there are currently 195,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel and around the world. The information is based on a voluntary registration of Holocaust survivors and their families in 59 different countries, mainly...

Mar 2, 2021, 12:48 AM

We love Shtisel. The real ultra-Orthodox? Not so much

From left: Shira Haas, Doval'e Glickman and Michael Aloni in season 3 of 'Shtisel.' (Ohad Romano/ via JTA)

It is time to mobilize the energy of hatred and turn it into a constructive force, for cooperation across the secular-ultra-Orthodox divide

Dec 12, 2018, 10:51 AM

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About Me

Dr. Gitit Levy-Paz is a Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute. JPPI and she teaches at Bar Ilan University. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Bar-Ilan University, an M.A. in Hebrew Literature from Ben Gurion University, and a B.A. in Political Science and Communication from Bar-Ilan University.