Expanding the powers of the Rabbinic Courts to include civil matters could be dangerous.
“Expanding the powers of the rabbinic courts to include civil matters could be dangerous,” says Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Founding Head of the Rackman Center, in an interview with Keren Neubach on her radio program, ‘Seder Yom’. Imagine if employers started adding a clause to employment contracts saying that the employee agrees that any labor dispute […]
The coalition’s commitment to the fight against sexual violence and domestic violence – a letter to Incoming Prime Minister Netanyahu
The Rakman Center, together with other organizations, appealed to the incoming Prime Minister to clearly and decisively commit to the importance of fighting sexual and domestic violence and place this at the top of the public agenda. Following attacks from elements in the expected coalition against this fight to end gender-based violence, we wrote […]
Alienation or incitement or silencing? The failure of the legal system to deal with severing of the parent-child relationship: A lecture by Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari’s lecture presents how the legal system deals with severed parent-child relationships (parental alienation) within the framework of divorce: “When, close to a divorce, a boy or girl refuses contact with one of the parents, it is very important to examine the cause of this refusal…There is a lack of knowledge about how […]
An Emergency Knesset Session on Women in Israel
The Rackman Center participated, together with other women’s organizations, in an emergency session held in the Knesset on the issue of women in Israel. The conference was initiated by MK Sharon Nir. As an organization that promotes legal equality in the field of family law, it is important for us to emphasize three points: Religious […]
Civil Society Organizations Demand Women’s Representation in the Knesset and their Appointment to Senior Positions in the Israel’s Expected New Government
The Rackman Center participated in an initiative led by the Deborah Forum and Itach Maaki and 56 civil society organizations and 109 former senior women in the civil service and the security service in a request to ensure women’s representation in the Knesset and appointment to central and senior positions in the new government. In […]
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari: “I expect the new government to be committed to the fight against violence against women”
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, head of The Rackman Center, was interviewed on the program “Exposed” with Hadar Gil-Ad on Ynet radio: “I want to give credit to the members of the government that is expected to be formed…Some of them opposed the Istanbul Convention yet stated that, despite this, they are committed to the fight […]
Another Major Victory for the Rackman Center at the High Court of Justice
In another major court victory, the High Court of Justice accepted the Rackman Center’s appeal and decided – once again – that the Grand Rabbinical Court must rule according to civil law in Israel on property matters. As such, it overturned the Grand Rabbinical Court’s decision and concluded that, in accordance with civil law, sexual […]
Oppose the Istanbul convention? You don’t care when women are abused – an article by Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Lea Geoppinger-Levy
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Lea Geoppinger-Levy from The Rackman Center, claim, in an article published on The Jerusalem Post, that : “Signing the (Istanbul) Convention will bring Israel a major step closer to eradicating gender violence and will protect thousands of women and children”. In answer to the local opponents to the convention, including Minister […]
Discussion in the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women on Israel’s Accession to the Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women
Today (May 18, 2022), representatives of the Rackman Center participated in a discussion held by the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of of the Status of Women on the subject of Israel joining the Convention against Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the “Istanbul Convention”). Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kadri, head of the Rackman Center, who […]
Why is everyone talking about the Istanbul Convention?
The European Council has officially invited Israel to join the Convention against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the “Istanbul Convention”). The invitation is currently on the Government’s table, awaiting the final vote – to join or not. Minister of Justice, Gideon Saar, Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, and Welfare Minister, Meir Cohen, have publicly stated […]