Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish women and women’s issues.
Women
The Latest
-
Opinion Shelly Yachimovich’s Election Marks New Era in Israeli Politics
With the election of Shelly Yachimovich to head Israel’s Labor Party, two major political parties are led by women for the first time in the country’s history. This is an encouraging development not only because it helps advance gender fairness in Israeli society, but also because it potentially signals a new era for Israeli politics,…
-
Opinion A Respectful Disagreement With Jill Abramson
First, I’ll note the obvious: For women like myself, who have been in journalism long enough to remember it as a defiantly male profession, the ascension of a smart, qualified, tough and interesting woman to the helm of The New York Times is just awesome. And that Jill Abramson is Jewish makes it all a…
-
Life HERvotes Launches To Preserve Women’s Rights
It’s ironic that in the very same period that the East Coast is experiencing a hurricane and a rare strong earthquake, we commemorate two “earth shaking” historic events. On August 18, 1920, women won a years-long fight for suffrage with ratification of the 19th Amendment; and on August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans…
-
Life Trio of Jewish Women Religious Leaders
The Huffington Post is out with its list of the top 10 women religious leaders, and one is a rabbi, another a Jewish activist and a third is a spiritual guru with Jewish roots. Coming in at No. 9 is Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum who leads the only LGBT synagogue in Manhattan, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah…
-
The Schmooze Female IDF Soldiers Suffer More Stress Fractures
A study of women soldiers in Israel has found that for the IDF to attract more women to combat roles, it is going to have to make changes to more than just the design of military gear. The IDF thought that it had eliminated the problem of women soldiers getting stress fractures by designing a…
-
The Schmooze For Women in Ultra-Orthodox Williamsburg, No Cell Phones in Public
First it was an “out of sight-out of mind” approach as Haredi Jews in Israel relegated women to the back of the bus and restricted them to walking on only one side of the street in certain Jerusalem neighborhoods. Now, the ultra-Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn appear to prefer that women be seen, but not…
-
Life Tweeting the Encyclopedia of Jewish Women
“Big Hats and bigger opinions, she knew ‘This woman’s place is in the House—the House of Representatives,’” Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder tweeted on May 2, the launch day for Jewish Women’s Archive’s “#jwapedia: Tweeting the Encyclopedia” project. By doing so, she sent a link to the article about Bella Abzug in the online “Jewish Women: A…
-
Life Q&A: Joyce Antler on ‘Women’s Liberation and Jewish Identity’
I first read the Joyce Antler’s book “The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America” as an undergraduate, deep in the thrall of Jewish feminist academia. It was an enormously important part of my uncovering and understanding what Antler calls “the cultural chain” of my identity as a Jewish woman activist. Joyce Antler is…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
- 2
Fast Forward Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
- 3
Opinion Trump’s first picks are die-hard Israel supporters, mocking the pro-Palestinian protest vote
- 4
Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95
-
Fast Forward At the ADL’s ‘Concert against Hate,’ the focus is on Israel
-
News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
-
Opinion Congress is voting on a bill targeting pro-Palestinian groups. Israel’s example proves it’s a terrible idea
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
