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
Read The Rackman Center viewpoint in this article: Israel’s Rabbinical Courts May Soon Have Unprecedented Power Over non-Israeli Jews
Dr. Galit Shaul was invited to join The Greater Miami Jewish Federations’ Women’s’ Study Tour 2018 (WST18) at a special meeting in light of the upcoming municipal elections in Israel. Wepower formed a coalition focusing on increasing the involvement or women in municipal leadership, of which the Rackman Center is
Herstory The Forgotten Story of the Women Who Built Israel – and Their Fight for Equality Read this article from Haaretz, featuring Prof Ruth Halperin-Kaddari. The forgotten story of the women who built Israel – and their fight for equality – Israel News – Haaretz.com
We were honored to welcome Hon. Elaine Bloom to the Rackman Center today. Ms. Bloom was instrumental in helping to establish the Rackman Center in 2001, and had a close connection with Rabbi Rackman Z”L. We hope you will visit us again soon!
In honor of International Women’s day, Dr Galit Shaul was invited to speak on a special panel at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, for visitors from the USA as part of NCJW’s mission to Israel and the Dafna Women’s Conference. The panel topic was ‘Legal Tools in the service of
In honor of International Women’s Day, we held a conference this week on “Advancement and Access to Women’s Rights in Family Law in Israel: From Planning to Action, March 2016-February 2018”, at which we marked the end of the wonderful project in cooperation with the European Union. Thank you very