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WIZO heartbroken on passing of NSW president Nilly Berger

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Nilly Berger, the president of WIZO NSW and a long-time Bondi community figure, died on Friday morning following a...

UIA Women’s Division helping rebuild the heartbeat of Jerusalem

News J-Wire Newsdesk -
For Israeli mothers raising babies through war, trauma and uncertainty, support can change everything. The first 1,000 days of a...

Four inseparable friends and the enduring legacy of Bondi

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
Marika Pogany went down to Bondi Beach with three close friends for a celebration on an idyllic Sydney summer...

Testimony project helps women in the IDF navigate healing

Featured Articles Rolene Marks - JNS -
As attention shifts from the battlefield to the long road of recovery, Israelis are beginning to speak more openly...

Women, Pogroms, Love

Have You Heard? J-Wire News Service -
A Sydney exhibition by award-winning artist Wendy Lessick Bookatz. Leonard Cohen’s words: “I greet you from the other side of...

Israel welcomes UN blacklisting of Hamas for sexual crimes in conflict

News Pesach Benson -
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed the UN’s decision to add Hamas to its “blacklist” of groups committing sexual...

Australian broadcaster Erin Molan protests for hostages in Sydney

News Rolene Marks - JNS -
On August 3, nearly 22 months after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, tens of thousands of Australians...

Ruptured

Books Anne Sarzin -
Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin - Shattered dreams and fragile hopes In Ruptured, a book published today, thirty-six courageous Jewish...

Chief Rabbinate must allow women to take rabbinical tests, High Court rules

News Etgar Lefkovitz - JNS -
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel will be required to open its rabbinical tests to women, the High Court of...

Forged in fire: Gaza war showcases women’s integration into the IDF

Featured Articles Amelie Botbol - JNS -
“It’s amazing how, in this war, you see female doctors, paramedics and pilots. You hear them on the radio...

JOFA to host the first orthodox women’s conference in Australia

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The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance will host its first-ever in-person conference dedicated to discussing orthodox feminism and the state...

Can women say Kaddish?  

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple -
Ask the rabbi. PROUD OF MY HUMILITY Q. Is there anything wrong with being proud of one’s humility? A. The Torah says...

Mossad appoints first-ever woman as director of Intelligence Authority

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For the first time in history, women occupy some of the most senior roles in Israel’s Mossad, the intelligence...

2021 stats of murders of women in Israel

News J-Wire Newsdesk -
The Israel Observatory on Femicide (IOF) has released their year-end report on femicide, the murder of women. The 2021 report points...

IDF to open new unit for religious female soldiers

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The Israel Defence Forces plan to launch a new company for women soldiers only, in order to cater to...

PM Bennett asks MK Kariv to cancel Kotel visit Friday for fear of violence

News Gil Tanenbaum - TPS -
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has personally asked Labor MK Gilad Kariv not to attend the special services being held...

Minister of Religious Affairs meets with women Torah scholars including women rabbis

Have You Heard? Gil Tanenbaum - TPS -
Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Matan Kahana and MK Nir Orbach met over the weekend with the directors and...

Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

News J-Wire Newsdesk -
Two Australian academics are members of the team which produced a new edition of the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.

Is it permitted for women to wear tallit and tefillin?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple -
Ask the rabbi.

Female politicians agree much work remains in gender equality fight

News J-Wire Newsdesk -
Australian federal Labor shadow minister for education and training Tanya Plibersek agreed with former Meretz chairwoman Zehava Galon that despite both Israel and Australia having had female prime ministers the political glass ceiling remains firmly in place in both countries.

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