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Sarah Segal-Katz

Jul 14, 2026, 1:50 PM

Gender segregation does not remove barriers. It builds a wall

Gender-segregation signage on Hizkiyahu HaMelech Street in Katamon, Jerusalem, during a Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony (2018). The Yiddish signs direct men and women to separate walking routes. (Sarah Segal-Katz)

A proposed law doesn't just permit more separate university classrooms. It reshapes academia, with profound consequences for women and Israeli democracy

Bonnie K. Goodman

Jul 12, 2026, 8:39 PM

‘It Is True’: Artemisia Gentileschi and Paternalistic Chesed

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1620, oil on canvas, Uffizi Galleries, Florence. Source: Wikipedia. Artemisia's Judith is neither passive nor decorative: she leans into the act with force, concentration, and resolve, embodying a woman's refusal to be silenced, erased, or denied possession of her own truth.

This past week marked the birth of Artemisia Gentileschi, born in Rome in July 1593, one of the great painters of the Baroque and one of art history’s most powerful witnesses to what it means for a woman to...

Jul 10, 2026, 1:40 PM

Sexist journalism makes for a sexist reality

By treating male perspectives as the default, the media turns women's absence from public life into something ordinary – and helps entrench inequality

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jul 3, 2026, 3:08 PM

One year after the ‘Daughters of Zelophehad’ ruling: A marathon, not a sprint

The Supreme Court of Israel building
Photo: Lael Klein / Gluya Magazine

Today, the 18th of Tammuz, marks exactly one year since the ruling in the petition over women's right to sit the Chief Rabbinate's ordination exams (the "Yoreh Yoreh" track) on the same terms as men. The presiding justice, Noam...

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jun 25, 2026, 12:49 PM

No place for shaming at the mikveh

Screenshot from the footage of Chief Rabbi David Yosef, aired on Channel 12 by reporter Eli Hirschmann

Sadly, the chief rabbi, Rabbi David Yosef, has once again spoken in a way that wounds women. Only last week he chose menacing language toward those seeking to sit for the rabbinate examinations (myself among them). He sought to...

Jun 21, 2026, 11:07 PM

What We Do Matters More: Some Closing Thoughts

Over more than a decade of listening to women rabbis, I have come to appreciate a deceptively simple truth: what we say matters, but what we do matters more. As the rabbis taught, "It is not study that is most...

Jun 18, 2026, 10:29 PM

The Conversation Liberal Parents Still Aren’t Having With Their Sons

There are mixed reviews of the UFC spectacle that took place on the White House south lawn for the President’s eightieth birthday. And then there are altogether oblivious reviews of the event even if they come from a loving...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jun 5, 2026, 7:46 AM

Wider Lessons of Gay Pride Month: MEeting the “Enemy”

Israel started its Gay Pride Month celebrations yesterday with Jerusalem's Gay Pride parade. Tel Aviv's march – the largest in the Middle East – will take place next Friday (June 12). Whether we "agree" or not with homosexuality, there’s...

Emanuela Barasch Rubinstein

Jun 3, 2026, 9:09 PM

Writing about Giving Birth

Years ago, I ran into a classmate whom I hadn’t seen for years. I asked her how she was, and she replied, “You won’t believe it—I gave birth a week ago.” I complimented her for her slim figure. She...

May 30, 2026, 10:13 AM

Gender-Rich and Gender-Poor Languages

There is more than one road to Dublin. Different societies can move in different linguistic directions and still converge on the same human values. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Poetess and Avtorka Languages evolve. But they do not always evolve in the same direction — even when societies claim to pursue the same values. Consider English. Once upon a time, feminine professional forms were common: poetess authoress doctoress actress Today, many...

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