Since 2015, the Rackman Center has promoted the Electronic Monitoring law. This law allows courts to track potentially violent partners. In 2020, we drafted the
Attorney Shelly Blat Zak, Director of the Rackman Center, was interviewed by Yael Goldman on Radio 102 FM about the Center’s recent activities. She described
Following the approval of a bill to expand the authority of rabbinical courts over child support, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari spoke out. She stated: “It is
In July, the High Court of Justice ruled that women must be allowed to take rabbinical certification exams. The ruling followed a petition filed by
The Rackman Center Faculty of Law has just opened the new academic year. We welcomed new students to the Legal Aid Clinic for Women in
This week, a bill to expand the jurisdiction of rabbinical courts passed its first reading. According to Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, the bill creates a parallel
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
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
In Israel, divorce negotiations take place in the shadow of the Jewish law. A law which gives one party the ultimate power to veto the divorce, while creating a much more pressing need for it by the other party. The validity of the Jewish divorce (the gett) is preconditioned on
We are proud to announce that we have been awarded a grant by the Hadassah Foundation, as part of its investment in gender equality in Israel. It is an honor to serve as a prominent organization promoting leadership advancement and the removal of religious and cultural barriers for girls and
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
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.