Adva Center : The state budget harms women

The 2005 state budget harms women while benefiting men-this, according to an analysis presented by the Adva Center to the Knesset's Women's Committee last week. One of the main burdens affecting women is a result of tax reform, scheduled to be completely introduced by 2008

Opinion poll: 40% know an abused woman

An opinion poll conducted by Naamat to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women-to be commemorated tomorrow, November 25-found that 40% of the Israeli public knows women who are victims of spousal abuse.

MK Zeev: statistics on violence against women are exaggerated

The Knesset met today as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. MK Nissim Zeev created an uproar during the session when he said he did not understand "why there were so many shelters for women victims of violence."

New attack from MK Zeev: women are beaten as a response to their aggression

MK Nissim Zeev (Shas) often succeeds in sparking the anger of other MKs during Knesset sessions and committee meetings-he's even been dubbed "the court jester." MKs eagerly await his statements to laugh at them, but that was not the case this time, as the Knesset marked today the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Lawsuit: fired because she was pregnant but not married

The only mistake made by L.-a secular young woman from central Israel -was that she was pregnant and unmarried. As a result, she was fired from her job as a nanny at two ultra-orthodox schools

Most Israelis think that Israeli employers violate the rights of pregnant women

Some 64.7% of the Israeli population thinks that employers do not obey or only partly obey laws protecting the rights of pregnant women

The police: 3,000 women trafficked in Israel annually

Estimates released by the police in honor of the annual Global Day to Combat Human Trafficking reveal that around 3,000 women, ages 18-35, are trafficked every year in Israel

Preuss: They're discriminating against me because I'm a single mother

Yesterday, the appointment committee headed by Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel Hollander announced that Ofra Preuss, the spokeswoman for Hapoalim Bank, would not be hired for the position of Israel 's consul general in New York

Women's soccer teams demand the High Court of Justice to put an end to discrimination against them

The women's teams in the National Soccer League have submitted a petition to the High Court of Justice demanding that discrimination against them be stopped

Netanyahu opposes a bill to help single mothers

Only a few days ago, Finance Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said that no one is more concerned about the poor and disabled than he, but harm to working families has been followed by more harm to another segment of the poor: single mothers

MK Gamliel: Justice Cheshin needs to attend a workshop with the Women's Lobby

The High Court of Justice today considered a petition filed by the Women's Lobby contesting the appointment of six men to senior positions in the Foreign Ministry

Employee complains of sexual harassment by a senior official in the Knesset

The Knesset is examining a complaint lodged by an employee in the building who says that she was sexually harassed by a senior official in the Knesset building

You'll be cheap and you'll be quiet

Women's position in the Israeli labor market is very bad. They suffer from discrimination in wages, job conditions, retirement, and advancement to administrative and leadership positions

Netanyahu: we should not help educate single mothers

This morning (July 18), Yediot Aharonot reported that only a few days after Binyamin Netanyahu claimed that no one cares about the poor like he does, he asked the government to abolish the law providing financial aid to single mothers.

"That's how the world is"

Director of the legal department for the Women's Lobby, Tziona Koenig-Yair, says that her personal experiences have proven that women face a great deal of difficulty in joining the work force

Women's wall to be completed before July

In a session at the High Court of Justice today, the state said that the area of Robinson's Arch will be prepared for prayer for Women of the Wall before the end of July

Who's afraid of female directors?

The proportion of women occupying leadership positions in the Israeli economy began to increase a few years ago, but it is still far less than their relative weight in the population.

Report: Israel exerts the minimum effort to combat human trafficking

The annual report issued by the US State Department on human trafficking, released last week in Washington, concludes that Israel is exerting minimum effort to prevent human trafficking.

Now in Bnei Brak: separate sidewalks for men and women

Last week, signs were posted along Mevishna Street in the Vishnitz Hassidic neighborhood of Bnei Brak containing the word "reform

Ten facts about the status of women in Israel that are best forgotten

1. Women comprise 51.4% of the population.

2. The educational level of working women is higher than men: women have on average 12.5 years of schooling, compared to 11 years for men

Wage discrepancies between male and female graduates holding the same degree

A study conducted by Bank Israel found that male university graduates earn 16% more than female graduates in the same area of specialization

"A woman who wears a wig is the same as an adulteress"

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's statements can be added to the wave of violent attacks on wig-wearing women among the ultra-orthodox public

Discrimination here and there

A judge reviewing a lawsuit filed by a group of women against Wal-Mart alleging discrimination in employment considered it a class-action case

Is Judaism chauvinistic?

Many greetings to the rabbi,

I know it is not a nice thing for me to say, but I think that the Torah—even though it is the true Torah—discriminates against women

Singing of girls

Question

With the Lord's help, to the Rabbi,

I want to know if listening to girls sing is permissible, even if it is over the radio or on a CD

On harassment, lies, and injustice

Two medical secretaries with the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem were dismissed from their jobs

US State Department report: Israel is not doing enough to prevent trafficking in women

The annual report on global human trafficking issued by the US State Department, published yesterday (Monday, June 14), says that the Israeli government is not enforcing the law enough to prevent trafficking in women and the exploitation of migrant workers

Is there prejudice against women in Jewish Law?

Question

Greetings honorable Rabbi,

Lately several questions have been plaguing me about discrimination against women in the Torah. The Torah gives men more rights and greater freedom…

Discrimination against women in Judaism

Question

My friend and I study in a religious school. We are observant, religious girls who observe the rules of modesty and fulfill the duties of the Torah

One million visits to brothels in one month

Anyone looking for more evidence that human trafficking and brothels are a booming business in Israel will find it in a new study issued by the Human Rights Center at the Hebrew University. The study shows that at least one million visits are made to Israeli brothels every month.

The IDF only punishes secular women

Four women who refused to serve in the IDF-some for reasons of pacifism and others who contend that it is an army of occupation and that serving in it goes against their conscience-have recently been sentenced to prison terms by a military disciplinary tribunal. Are these verdicts just and lawful?

The occupation of the territories leads to violence against women

I want to ask: what logic makes the Prime Minister send the army on such a violent, horrific mission in the heart of Gaza-I refer to the operation in which 15 Palestinians were killed

Women are still chattel

The parliamentary committee for improving the status of women held a celebratory meeting last year to mark International Women's Day

The customer of deliverance

A prostitute from Odessa was saved from the talons of pimps following the intervention of the National Feminist Center in Haifa (Woman to Woman)

Men and women playing tennis

Question

I wanted to ask the rabbi if it is permissible for men and women to play tennis together or in mixed doubles? 

Greeting women

Question

Greetings and happy holidays to the rabbi. I know that in accordance with simple Jewish law (as far as I know, this is the ruling of the great rabbi of the Beit Yosef), it is forbidden for a man to greet a woman

Women to the Foreign Minister: we want affirmative action in appointments

It is not only the Israeli army that prefers men in leadership positions-at least this is the opinion of the Israeli Women's Lobby. The lobby complained to Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom that of the 72 heads of Israeli legations abroad, only ten are women.

Employers assume that women won't sue them

"Many employers know the law, but they ignore it because they know that the government is unable to apply it," says attorney Tziona Keonig-Yair, director of the legal department in the Women's Lobby.

Government objective: deprive women of their achievements

On the eve of International Women's Day, March 8, official statistics were released that show a sharp increase in the number of unemployed women in Israel

Israeli women still earn less

Although the wage gap between men and women in Israel has narrowed, it still exists

287,200 unemployed in the final quarter of 2003; a big jump in unemployment among women

The unemployment rate in Israel increased during the last quarter of 2003, reaching 10.9%, or 287,200 unemployed

The Yiddish mameh and deterrence

.If you examine the way our nation comports itself vis-a-vis its enemies, one can't help but notice that some of the Israeli government's most critical decisions, as far as the IDF's deterrence is concerned, were taken because our statesmen could not stand firm in the face of pressure exerted by Jewish mothers

An increase in violence

About 200,000 women in Israel are the victims of spousal abuse, estimates the Ministry of Health on the occasion of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, commemorated today

They were forced to work 18 hours a day, paying a $100 fine for every day they did not work. This is not a story of concubines in bygone ages, but of the conditions of prostitutes in Israel in 2003

“At least my god does not say that I am more exalted than Gentiles or women”

My name is Shahar, and I am 18 years old. My story actually begins at a young age in third grade.

The rape of a married woman

Question: I read one of the newspapers condemning Halacha for blaming the victim of rape. I wanted to hear your opinion—does Halacha blame a married woman who is raped?

The following paragraphs are taken from:
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel

The statement in Tractate Shabat, page 152b, defining a woman is exemplary: “A woman is a sack full of excrement.”

Olmert suggests that single mothers work in janitorial jobs; single mother Ilana Azoulay: this is an insult, he wants us to remain ignorant slaves of the state

.Minister of Industry and Trade [Ehud] Olmert proposed that single mothers work in janitorial jobs.He also proposed that they work in the hotel and tourism industry, where most of the jobs are centered in food service and janitorial work.

Incorrect rescue

The press reported that Rabbi Shlomo Aviner has stated that Jewish law mandates that a man must be rescued before a woman so that he can perform his religious duties.

Where are the workers' committees?

Research shows that more than half of all applications to dismiss pregnant women are approved by the Ministry of Labor ("Dangerous pregnancy," July 27, 2003).

Limor Hever: a single mother establishes a human resource company for women only

In the wake of her divorce, Hever witnessed the difficulties that Israeli women, especially single mothers, have to deal with while trying to find a job.

Confrontations between the police and single mothers; Azoulay and her disabled son are arrested

Fierce confrontations broke out yesterday between single mothers who were demonstrating before government headquarters and policemen charged with guarding the Ministry of Finance.

They fired Vicky Knafo

Two months ago, Vicky Knafo began a struggle when she started a protest march from Mitzpe Ramon to Jerusalem. At that time, she announced she would be taking a vacation from the Kittering Company, where she works as a cook at a kindergarten on an air base close to Mitzpe Ramon.

I walked 250 kilometers for nothing

A serious rift has occurred among the leadership of single mothers as a result of the withdrawal of Ilana Azoulay, who announced that she was leaving the protest tent erected by single mothers in Jerusalem.

We were murdered and burned in the rivers of Europe

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kasher said in 1981, “A book of eulogies on the Holocaust must be prepared and distributed to churches and temples.

The trade in women and forced prostitution

Every year, hundreds of women are brought to Israel from various nations, particularly nations of the former Soviet Union, to work in Israel’s sex trade.

Amnesty report

Officials from Amnesty International will meet today with Minister of Justice Yossi Beilin to present a report which states that thousands of women from the former Soviet Union—including young girls and children—are sold in public auctions in Israel for thousands of dollars to be sexually exploited.

Women as Commodities: Trafficking in Women in Israel 2003

A new comprehensive report issued by the Hotline for Migrant Workers, the Adva Center, and the Haifa Feminist Center