Rackman Center Annual Report 2023 – Women and Family in Israel
The 2023 Rackman Center Annual Report “Women & Family in Israel” has been published, presenting statistical data concerning legal proceedings in family matters over the past 3 years. Highlights include: Gett refusal is significantly more common among men than women (twice as many divorce rulings were made against men from 2020-2022). 76% of divorce files […]
She Survived Oct. 7, escaped an abusive ex-husband and found freedom through Rackman Center’s legal help
On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists tried to break into G’s house that was on the ground floor of a building in Sderot. They failed. G and her son were removed from their home when the government evacuated their city. They were transferred to a hotel in another city in Israel. Following threats from her ex-husband, […]
Open letter to Mk Simcha Rothman
MK Rothman: Let’s be clear: the knowledge and experience of female Torah scholars is equal to that of their male peers! Last week we participated in a stormy debate in the Knesset Constitution Committee on the issue of the proposed Rabbinical Bill dealing with the appointment of women to the Assembly that elects Israel’s […]
Issuing Gun Licenses without Checking for History of Domestic Violence is Dangerous
The Rackman Center participated in a meeting on October 15, 2024, about the dangers of broadening gun ownership in Israel without checking whether applicants have any history of domestic violence. The number of gun license applications has increased two-fold since October 7. This makes it even more important that licenses are not granted without background […]
The Dinah Project – Recognition and Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Conflict
“A year has passed since the events of October 7th”, says Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, head of The Rackman Center.“Shortly after that fateful day, we got together, six professional women, for an endeavor we called “The Dinah Project,” which is named after the biblical figure.Its purpose – to commemorate the crimes of sexual violence committed during […]
Israel is different from Hamas – we investigate suspicions of assault.
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and attorney (col. res.) Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas in an opinion piece following suspicions of assault on Palestinian detainees by IDF soldiers at the Sdeh Teiman detention facility: “If it discovered that there is truth in the allegations of sexual violence by conscript or reservist IDF soldiers, the necessary legal and moral […]
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR WORK SINCE OCT. 7
For the most recent and up-to-date information on the issue of the sexual violence and gender atrocities, we recommend Prof. Halperin-Kaddari’s latest webinar with ELNET – European Leadership Network.Additional resources from the last few weeks include: Letter of Israeli women’s organizations to UN Women Playlist of select interviews and webinars featuring Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari. Interviews with CNN , The Guardian and SkyNews. List of […]
LEGAL ACHIEVEMENT
The Rackman Center is proud to announce our latest legal victory. In response to our petition, Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that women can be considered as appointees to the Assembly that elects Israel’s Chief Rabbis. The court accepted our position that the term ‘rabbis’, as it appears in Sec. 7 of the Law […]
“DO NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE OCTOBER 7TH. MASSACRE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE”
Ruth Halperin-Kaddari: “By turning a blind eye to the October 7th massacre, and to the unprecedented and premeditated extreme cruelty of the sexual violence committed by Hamas, they not only fail us, but they undermine the purpose for which they were established, and in fact undermine the whole IHR system. By failing to mention the […]
UN WOMEN: URGENT CALL FOR ACTION!
The Rackman Center, together with 80 other women’s organizations, issued a harsh letter to UN WOMEN, in response to their statement of 13.10.23 that failed to reference the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel. UN Women is an international body that must stand by women wherever they are – regardless of ethnic, national or religious […]