Equality

'We Are Black Jews': The story of Ethiopian Jews and Israel's unfinished journey - review

A powerful book exploring the rich history, deep pain, and resilient future of the Ethiopian community in Israel.

|ByMARION FISCHEL
Dr. Martain Luther King gave his most famous speech, ‘I have a dream,’ before the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
An illustrative image of an Israeli flag in the shape of a bird.

Am I a Zionist? Why Zionism must remain broader than politics - opinion

Zionism has never been a single, monolithic idea. From the beginning, it has encompassed multiple strands.

|ByJEREMY BEN-AMI
Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.

Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis

Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
Tom Nesher wins the Ophir Award for Best Director for ‘Come Closer’ in 2024.

How Israeli women dominate the film industry in ways Hollywood still can't

While Israeli filmmakers face pressure abroad, women have emerged at the center of the industry, bringing new voices and perspectives into focus

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Improving women’s equality helps men live longer too- study

Researchers found that gender equality in education had the strongest association with longer life expectancy for both genders.

MARCH 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Amy Bettys, co-chair of the Women's Health and Reproductive Rights organization, raises her fist during a chant outside of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office in support of the Reproductive Health Act during a Reproductive Rights rally in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, March 22, 2017.

Int'l Women's Day: Breaking through Israel's cement ceiling - opinion

I’m an Arab. I’m a Christian. I’m a Maronite. And I’m a woman. Each of these is a crucial part of my identity.

MARCH 7, 2023ByMOUNA MAROUN
THE WRITER attends a signing of an MOU involving the University of Haifa, United Arab Emirates University, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, on tackling the consequences of climate change and pollution.

Israeli Jews love Cyprus, but there is a religious equality battle

Cyprus is an Orthodox Christian state. All minority faiths, including Jews, face major challenges in obtaining religious equality.

MARCH 3, 2023ByJAMES MARTIN
COASTAL VIEWS: Walking past a shipwreck near Paphos, on Cyprus’s southwestern coast (Illustrative).

Polyphony musical education organization hosts a binational multidisciplinary project

The organization also holds major events from time to time.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
HAIFA-BORN Germany-resident composer and pianist Faris Badarni.

Parents welcome first baby born to gay couple via surrogacy in Israel

Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a surrogate mother bears a child for an individual or a couple unable to have children for various reasons.

FEBRUARY 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Baby with two baby teeth.

An inspired partnership to employ autistic adults

An innovative new method to help adults with autism engage in society.

JANUARY 19, 2023ByHOWARD BLAS
MOBILEYE EMPLOYEES who are part of the Shekel partnership at work.

Gender equality gap persists in Israeli quality of life

23 of the indicators of Israel's quality of life examined by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics favored males, whereas 19 favored females.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on June 18, 2021.

Israeli rabbis express anxiety over new gov't and its policies

Rabbi Ohad Teharlev, the head of Midreshet Lindenbaum, warned of a "desecration of God's name" by the new government.

JANUARY 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Itamar Ben-Gvir, national security minister and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the swearing in ceremony of the new israeli government at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022.

Amichai Chikli says he will focus less on Women of the Wall and Reform Jews struggles as minister

Chikli said that "every new minister put his emphasis on certain things. My emphasis will be on protecting the Jewish communities from antisemitism and also the fight against the BDS movement."

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset, April 25, 2022.

Override Clause will erode Israel's democracy, castrate Supreme Court - opinion

This policy is intended to bring Israel closer to the model of a Torah state and distance it from the Declaration of Independence’s promise of religious freedom and equality.

NOVEMBER 14, 2022ByURI REGEV
MK MOSHE GAFNI emerges from coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem, last week. ‘We are joining in order to implement policy and to do so we need the override clause,’ he said.