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May 3, 2025, 4:24 PM

A Stranger Dragged Me to Safety; It’s The Most Intimate Moment I’ve Had All Year

You know what really sets the tone for a great Friday? Being violently yanked out of your sleep and dropped straight into reality at 5 AM by a siren. That’s how my day started. I opened one eye, cursed...

Apr 26, 2025, 3:24 PM

Daycare by Day, Sass Queen by Night: My Real Life in Haifa

Let me guess—when you picture Haifa, you think: Baha’i gardens, coexistence, falafel. Cute. But that’s only part of it. Let me introduce myself. I’m a woman who believes that self-expression, humor, and a little bit of spiritual sparkle can turn even the...

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Mar 10, 2025, 3:47 PM

Women Spread Light as Leaders

Young women in Kibbutz Re'im

Women have long had a remarkable impact on the Jewish philanthropic world, though admittedly it is often behind the scenes. As the new president of Jewish National Fund-USA, I hope I can encourage more women to step up and...

Mar 10, 2025, 2:58 AM

Wilful Blindness (and other failures) at the UN

In the days following Rawan Osman’s impassioned speech at the United Nation’s Human Right Council meeting, when she stated vehemently that “Israel is not the problem” then singled out one tyrannical Middle Ease regime after another for their human...

Mar 9, 2025, 6:49 PM

Was it misogyny, though?

Image: Ben Haddad via Wikimedia commons and own work

Today, Bibi came up with a new angle: He claimed that his government’s critics are guilty of misogyny. Well, at least the ones that criticize far-right-wing Minister of Settlement Orit Strock and Transportation Minister and lead Bibi cheerleader Miri...

Mar 8, 2025, 3:15 PM

My Jewish acquaintance from NYC is a great dancer. She has been encouraging me to take up dancing for quite some time. I'm not a fan of dancing, unless it's a spontaneous dance. When it comes to what I...

Mar 7, 2025, 10:05 AM

We Are Commanded to Remember Women on Shabbat Zachor: Parshat Tetzaveh

REMEMBER This Shabbat is Shabbat Zachor. The reason it is called that is because we read a passage from Deuteronomy and also the haftarah from 1 Samuel 15:1-34. The two texts relate to the necessity of remembering Amalek and never...

Mar 5, 2025, 11:31 PM

An Israeli University Where Female Leaders Strengthen Today, Shape Tomorrow

A female student receives her PhD from Bar-Ilan University. Photo courtesy of Bar-Ilan University.

When women enter the workforce, they boost productivity and economic strength. According to McKinsey & Company, advancing gender equality could add $12 trillion to global GDP by 2025. Further, a study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics found...

Sep 9, 2024, 6:54 AM

It could have been me

A few years ago a former friend of mine while doing his EuroTrip visited the Auschwitz concentration camps. Nothing wrong with wanting to learn about world history. The thing that bothered me then and still bothers me was a...

Sep 6, 2024, 7:48 AM

When Collective Grief Ignites Personal Healing

From October 7 and Carmel Gat to My Grandmother's Legacy of Love The Weight of Unresolved Grief When I was a kid, my grandmother was my light, my soul, and my caretaker—full of life, warmth, and wisdom. We were estranged for...

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