Natalie Portman: Genesis Prize Recipient
I am proud of my Israeli roots and my Jewish heritage. They are crucial parts of who I am, she declared
Asenath Barzani: Remarkable Hebrew Scholar
I never left the entrance to my house or went outside; I was like a princess of Israel ...
Dinah’s Daughter: A Vital Link
This week’s parsha, Vayislach, relates a shocking episode that causes genuine outrage in the Israelite camp -- the Canaanite Prince Shechem’s brutal assault of Yaakov’s daughter Dinah.
Chavka Folman-Raban: A True Jewish Heroine
The environment of the “Gymnasia” inspired Chavka to join the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, (ZOB), the Jewish Fighting Organization, and volunteer for a most precarious, critical task.
Anat Berko: Brilliant Fighter For Israel
Listening to her presentation on the TV Knesset Channel, I was amazed at her approach. Where did she come from? What part of Israel produced this extraordinary woman?
Sarit Ben Yehuda Georgi: Love Of Land And People
This belief was coupled with the spirit of “Am Yisrael HaShalem” (One United People), in the Ben Yehuda household: to love and help all Jews without distinction.
Yolande Gabai Harmer: Israel’s Secret Heroine
Moshe Sharett, the head of the Jewish Agency’s Political Department, visited Egypt in 1945. In Cairo he met a most remarkable young woman, a beautiful journalist who was the darling of Egyptian high society - from high-ranking military brass, to culture icons and Muslim sheikhs, to the court of King Faruk.
Sarah Aaronson: The Heroine of NILI
Nearly eighty-five years have passed since Sarah Aaronson shot herself in the head, putting an end to the torture her Turkish interrogators inflicted upon her for refusing to disclose information about her associates in the NILI, an anti-Turkish spying organization that supplied the British with intelligence.
Miriam Friedman: Chassidic Matriarch
Matriarch Miriam’s lifespan included the Russian Revolution, the oppression of Soviet Russia, the chaos of post-World War II Europe, and the birth of Chabad Chassidism around the world.
The Heroines Of The Pesach Story
It’s fascinating to realize that the People of Israel growing into a mighty nation in Egypt was a reward for the heroism of the Hebrew midwives.
Ruchama Cabilo: Motherhood
Each year International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur, not only on this day but also throughout March to mark the social, economic and political accomplishments of women.
Rachel Azaria: Yerushalmim – Jerusalemites
Who is Rachel Azaria? Would you have guessed that this dynamo is a religious, 35-year-old woman, mother of four children, ranging in ages from ten years to eight months?
Belinda Hickey: Promoting Israel
We love the food, the hotels, and even the wildlife. We love the Israelis.
“Daughter Of Zion” – Our Historic Right
The Prophet Yeshayahu’s messages of Geula/ Redemption are apt answers to our present-day prayers. They are tailor made for our times. He exhorts the people of Israel to abandon their self-image as aniya soara -- a poor tempest-tossed woman ( 54:11) -- and rise as bat Tziyon -- the daughter of Zion, a nation with a sense of pride and dignity.
Cheryl Saban: A Woman With A Jewish Heart
Most of all, she is a role model for her descendants who endeavor to follow her example. And a woman with a Jewish heart.
Shulamit Halevi Stein: Saving The Flag (Part II)
Having a young child did not prevent the devoted Zionist couple from involvement in underground activities.
Yael Nitzan: The Museum Of Israeli Women
TV producer and author Yael Nitzan’s decades’ old dream is becoming a reality. Through the generosity of the Haifa municipality, an empty 200-year-old palace, once owned by an Arab sheikh, will be turned into “The Museum of Israeli Women.” Although in other countries there are museums documenting the accomplishments of women, Israel, with the world’s highest ratio of museums per person, has none dedicated to the women who contributed to the founding of the State of Israel and to its development.
Theresa Lato’s Legacy
"My mother will be buried at the Yarkon Cemetary, Geula Hall, on Wednesday, March 17, at 11:30."
The terse message from Eli Lato delivered a stunning, unexpected blow. Does "will be buried," mean that Theresa Lato is no more? Is Theresa Lato, the frail, soft-spoken lady who was like a one-woman armada fighting simultaneously on multiple fronts -silenced forever?
Women And The Message Of The Sukkah
Besides commemorating Israel’s sojourn in the desert, the mitzvah of sukkah has spiritual and educational significance. We are commanded to leave the comforts of our permanent home and move into a hut without routine luxuries, prompting us to reflect upon the spiritual aspects of existence.
Juliette Samama: Volunteer Par Excellence
Volunteerism is in her DNA. Juliette Samama was born in Tunis, Tunisia, daughter of Rav Ishua Shtrug, the rabbi, chazan (cantor), mohel (circumsciser) and shochet (ritual slaughterer) of the city’s Jewish community. He performed the functions of four men, yet did not draw a salary.
Hadar Cohen: Her Name Lives On
Two couples from different parts of the country decided to name their newborn daughters in honor of Hadar Cohen.
Laurie Cardoza Moore: A Call For Justice
“I want to turn the faucet on and drip the truth to the people,” she says.
Irena Sendler: Let’s Remember A Remarkable Heroine
“I’m no heroine. I only did what any moral person would do,” Irena Sendler protested with understated modesty. “I simply tried to help the people in need.”
Ruchama Hershkovitz: Mother Teacher
Born in Jerusalem, one of Yisrael and Yaffa Weingarten’s seven children, she is the seventh generation of a family living in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter.
Grace Aguilar: The Spirit of Judaism
Her family descended from Portuguese Marranos who had sought asylum in England in the eighteenth century. Grace Aguilar was born there at the onset of the nineteenth century (1816), and her remarkable work would exercise an impact on the historiography of Jewish life in the ensuing three decades of that century.
Haya Tzippa Pines: Mother of Jerusalem (Part II)
Unfortunately, even after Rabbi Pines passed away in 1913, the rebbetzin and her daughter occasionally had to dodge stones thrown at them by misguided fanatics.
Dr. Kira Radinsky: ‘Exceptional Innovator’
“This is a great honor for me to be nominated to the list of ‘young innovators’ of MIT. I hope that it will encourage more Israeli researchers and scholars to study this field, to facilitate the building of an empirical superpower in Israel,” Dr. Kira Radinsky said in response to news of her selection for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013 list of 35 young innovators, her lovely face radiating delight.
Dalia Betolin-Sherman: How The World Turned White
She writes intuitively, freely, and only afterwards understands the meaning of what she has written.
Brigitte Gabriel: Fierce Fighter For Israel
She also taught that a “cancer called Islamofacism” permeates the Muslim world and must be eradicated.
Grace Aguilar: The Spirit of Judaism
Was it the impact of her family history that made this young woman dedicate her life to defending Judaism and extolling the values of its teachings?