Farewell to our dear friend Rena Genn of the Jewish Federation of Greater Miami and a warm welcome to Ofer Lichtig
For many years, the Rackman Center has had the pleasure to get to know and work with Rena Genn, the Israeli representative for the Jewish Federation of Greater Miami Women’s Amuta. Today we joined many fellow women’s organizations to thank her for all her hard work and support, and to wish her well in her […]
The Injustice of Marital Captivity - Hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels
Prof Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was invited to speak at the hearing on Marital Captivity at the European Parliament in Brussels. In her session, she explained the phenomenon of marital captivity and traditions in her role as Vice-President of CEDAW. *Marital captivity refers to a situation in which women are unable to terminate their marriage.
The Third International Agunah Summit – Divorce Settlement Abuse and Extortion in Jewish Law
In June, Prof Ruth Halperin-Kaddari joined other experts in the field of Agunot, at the third Agunah Summit in New York. The Rackman Center was proud to be a partner of the summit, alongside the Institute of Religion, Law and Lawyer’s Work of Fordham University, NYU Law, and the Center for Jewish and Democratic Law […]
annual Halachic Conference on the subject: “Marriage Outside of the Rabbinate in Israel – Challenging the Status Quo״
We ran our annual Halachic Conference on the subject: “Marriage Outside of the Rabbinate in Israel – Challenging the Status Quo״. The conference was run together with Naamanei Torah VeAvodah. The Conference included presentations from various standpoints on this topic – halachic marriage without the rabbanut as well as according to the rabbanut. In addition […]
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari is named as one of top 100 most influential people in Gender Policy in 2018
Congratulations to Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on being named one of the most influential people in gender policy in 2018 by Apolitical, alongside some of the most incredible women and men from around the world. Click here for the full list. Prof. Halperin-Kaddari was named alongside Justin Trudeau – Prime Minister, Canada, Julia Gillard – Former […]
Fascinating Report published by Nancy Strichman, Ph. D on “Past Achievements and Future Directions of Women’s and Feminist Organizations in Israel”
Dr. Galit Shaul and Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari contributed to this important report by Nancy Strichman in cooperation with NCJW and the Dafna Fund. This was a participatory action research project that will be used to help leaders, activists, and funders of women’s organizations think strategically and develop a road map for the future advancement of […]
Dr Lenore Walker, renowned psychologist from New York visited the Rackman Center
Dr. Lenore Walker is an American psychologist who founded the Domestic Violence Institute, documented the Cycle of abuse and wrote The Battered Woman, for which she won the Distinguished Media Award in 1979. We welcomed her to the Rackman Center for a conversation with a group of Israeli professionals and researchers on the topic of […]
Achievement: The Rabbinical Courts Administration will soon hire two women as legal advisers for two regional rabbinical courts
The Jerusalem Post interviewed Keren Horowitz, head of public policy at the Rackman Center: “This is a good first step and we are gratified that the state authorities are willing to implement a solution in the immediate future. The time has come for the Civil Service Authority to recognize that the courts are meant to […]
Mazal Tov to Mary Lilling
We warmly congratulate Mrs Mary Lilling-Goldberg on receiving the Bar Ilan University Presidential Award of Distinction for her valued support of the Rackman Center. We so appreciate your friendship and encouragement and hope that we will continue working together in the future.
The continued support of Mr. and Mrs. Esther and Romie, the Tager QC at the Annual Tager Prize of Israeli Law
It was our pleasure to meet Mr. and Mrs. Esther and Romie Tager QC at the Annual Tager Prize, which, in recognition of their contribution to Israeli Law, presented an award to one of Bar Ilan’s law students. The Tager’s contribution includes their ongoing support of our innovative and unique project of ‘Hadin Vehadayan’ which […]