Breaking through assumptions about gender and conflict
Gender is a complex subject that requires a multi-layered perspective
Wonder Woman champions Israeli female empowerment
Israeli actress Gal Gadot, star of Wonder Woman in the blockbuster Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, has participated in a new film project that showcases successful Israeli women.
In possible first, Orthodox synagogue elects all-female board
At their annual meeting on June 26, the Oheb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Lyndhurst, Ohio elected five women to their board
The ‘rebbetz-him’ is the new rebbetzin
Husbands of female rabbis speak candidly about what it’s like to play a supporting role when their wives’ careers come first
Rachel Frenkel: ‘In a difficult world, we derive strength from whatever gives us strength’
Frenkel recently led a discussion at Beit Avraham Yoseph Toronto about the loss of her son and how her life and the climate in Israel has changed since then
A Jewish woman on our bank notes?
Recently, the Bank of Canada announced its list of 12 distinguished Canadian women, one of whom will be immortalized on a new series of bank notes. Fanny “Bobbie” Rosenfeld, the only Jewish woman to make the cut, is one of the most outstanding female athletes in Canada’s history
Wonderful women look to close Israel’s gender gap in the sciences
The event will be moderated by Dianne Buckner and feature a panel that includes Jann Arden, Mary Jo Eustace, Carrie Kirkman, and Yifat Merbl
Rabbi Sally Priesand: ‘I just wanted to be a rabbi’
A Q&A with Rabbi Sally J. Priesand, ordained as a rabbi in 1972, about pursuing her dream and how Jewish feminism has evolved
Panelists talk being Jewish and female in the media
A Q&A with Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford and attorney for Vice Media Naomi Zener
Lilith editor returns home for Women’s Symposium
Although Susan Weidman Schneider left Winnipeg in 1961, growing up in Winnipeg left a strong imprint in the founder and still editor-in-chief of the award winning Jewish feminist magazine
