“Blatant and clear discrimination”, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari on the plan for reopening schools in the Haredi community.
It was recently reported that, shockingly, in Israel in the year 2020, the government is negotiating a plan with the leaders of the Haredi community whereby girls in the Haredi education system will remain home to allow the boys to return to school and study in small groups in hopes that such social distancing will […]
Discriminating women in an award winning Torah essay contest
Today (6.7.2020), together with additional civil society organizations, we contacted the CEO of Mifal Hapayis (Israel’s national lottery company) following discrimination against women in the company’s 2020 Torah essay contest. Mifal Hapayis’ council for culture and art recently announced an award winning Torah essay contest divided into three tracks. The first two are focused on […]
The impact of COVID-19 on women – Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari’s lecture.
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Academic Director of the Rackman Center, gave a lecture on Zoom about the impact of COVID-19 on women, women’s involvement in the crisis and her fears about the crisis increasing inequality towards women. Listen to the recorded lecture (in Hebrew).
Petition to the High Court of Justice over the under- represenantion of women in Israel’s national coronavirus experts panel.
Together with our partners in the field, we petitioned the High Court of Justice over the under-representation of women in the Government’s COVID-19 committees and working groups. We demand that action be taken to require giving women an equal voice that also represents the diversity of women in Israel. Especially in crisis situations like this, […]
Israeli Single Mothers Could Lose Child Support Payments Following Coronavirus Lay-offs
Thousands of single mothers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis are at risk of losing a major part of their child-support payments. Many single mothers get child support payments from Israel’s National Insurance Institute, but how much they receive is dependent on their salary. Since 2002, unemployment payments are considered a […]
Coronavirus Crisis Update
We must remember that, while this crisis is difficult for all of us, as history has shown, women are more likely to suffer in times of crisis. Women and their children are the primary victims of financial cutbacks and reductions in welfare resources. Women are still the primary caregiver and must now step-up to care […]
The 17th annual conference of the Rackman Center
The 17th annual conference of the Rackman Center on women, family and law in Israel was held on January 21st 2020. This year the conference was dedicated to the role of financial and children experts in family proceedings. The first panel discussed the challenge of dividing “new assets” , such as, virtual coins and wallets […]
Remembering Israel’s First Female Lawyer, 90 Years On – an article by Prof. Ruth Halperin Kaddari and Dr. Eyal Katvan
For eight years, Rosa Ginzberg had battled the authorities of British Mandatory Palestine for the right to sit for the bar examination and to practice law in pre-state Israel. On February 15, 1930 the High Court of Justice delivered its ruling – the justices chose realism over formalism, focusing on the issues of the status […]
One Hundred Years of Patriarchy – an article by Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Einat Offer
Israeli women are the only ones in the western world who are subject to discriminatory laws and are the only social group who are barred from serving in certain civil service jobs.Whole communities in Israel discriminate against women and bar them from communal and political leadership. Read more.
Rabbinical court deprives a woman of her share of the house due to accusations of infidelity
Rackman Center attorneys Shay Zilberberg and Adi Raz representing the woman (pro bono) in additional supreme court hearing scheduled for March 2020. In the rabbinical court system, the principle of equal apportionment of property between the parties plays no role and allegations of infidelity override other claims. The Rackman Center’s basic argument is that if […]