Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from
Yesterday, the Knesset passed the bill for electronic supervision of perpetrators of domestic violence. Once the bill goes into effect (in a year), judges will
This month, the Rackman Center, led by Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Leah Goeppinger-Levy, spoke at two webinars about the current political situation in Israel and
Bar-Ilan University’s Rackman Center for the Advancement of Women petitioned the High Court of Justice with regard to Section 7 (8) of the Chief Rabbinate
Last week (June, 22nd 2023) we had the pleasure of hosting at The Rackman Center our long-time friends and partners, the Joseph Alexander Foundation. We
The Rackman Center drafted a proposal to amend the Law of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (Amendment – Composition of the Electoral Assembly). The proposal
To: United Nations Human Rights Council From: International Expert Academic Consortium RE: Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, Custody, violence against women and violence against children, to be presented
In a legal achievement for the Rackman Center, together with the organization, ‘Yad La’Isha’, the High Court of Justice confirmed that matters of gett refusal and agunot between a Jewish couple who are non-Israeli citizens falls within the jurisdiction of the rabbinical courts of Israel (Amendment 4b1). On May 7,
The Rackman Center’s Founding Academic Director, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, has appeared in many international news outlets covering the expected impact on women’s rights resulting from Israel’s new government’s proposed policies to overhaul the judicial system and to expand the jurisdiction of the rabbinical courts. Links to examples of these articles
Women’s rights in Israel are in danger, warns Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari: “The judicial overhaul led by Netanyahu poses great risk to Israeli women since the weakening of the power of the High Court of Justice will have a devastating impact on the ability of women to fight back against discriminatory
The Rackman Center and Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, the head of the center, warn, together with the Forum of Law Lecturers and Lecturers for Democracy, that the regime changes will harm women. The Israeli Law Professors’ Forum for Democracy, an ad hoc voluntary and politically independent group of experts on Israeli
The work of Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and the Rackman Center were featured in a piece in the Jerusalem Post, “What’s next for women’s advanced halachic study in Israel?”, published on March 18, 2023. The Rackman Center operates a number of projects, including legal services for women in divorce and promoting
