Category
feminist
Merav Michaeli: Feminist first
Danielle Berrin
May 12, 2016
“Feminist firebrand” Merav Michaeli first came to the attention of the Israeli public as a journalist, radio broadcaster and TV anchor.
Fighting for religious pluralism in Israel
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
November 15, 2012
The arrest of Israeli feminist Anat Hoffman at the Western Wall last month sent ripples of alarm across the Jewish world, and leaders in Los Angeles will address their concerns about religious pluralism in Israel to Los Angeles’ Israeli Consul General in a public forum Nov. 26 at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills.
Jewish women: this one’s for you
Maya Paley
November 8, 2012
Jewish women have a long-standing history of deep involvement in the American feminist movement. Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” was Jewish, as is playwright and activist Eve Ensler, current leader of the international movement opposing violence against women.
Palestinian reporter Asmaa al-Ghoul aims to keep thorn in Hamas’ side
Jewish Journal
October 22, 2012
She can\’t stay out of trouble there, but Asmaa al-Ghoul always comes back to Gaza. A secular, feminist Palestinian journalist, al-Ghoul, 30, has been harassed by Hamas. She\’s also been beaten and arrested by Hamas police for protesting its Islamist policies and suppression of human rights.
Paula Hyman, Jewish feminist and scholar, dies
Jewish Journal
December 15, 2011
Noted Jewish feminist Paula Hyman, who served as the first female dean of the Seminary College of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, has died.
Feminist writer E.M. Broner dies at 83
Jewish Journal
June 23, 2011
Jewish feminist writer E.M. Broner, perhaps best known as the co-author of “The Women’s Haggadah,\” has died.\n
Chairs thrown at Women of the Wall
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2010
Two haredi men were arrested after allegedly throwing chairs at women preparing to pray at the Western Wall.\n
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