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
Today we are marking the International Volunteer Day.In the training meeting we held this week with volunteers from the “A Woman by Your Side” project, we discussed various aspects of volunteering.The participants shared their feelings during their work, told about an exciting event that is especially memorable to them, and
On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists tried to break into G’s house that was on the ground floor of a building in Sderot. They failed. G and her son were removed from their home when the government evacuated their city. They were transferred to a hotel in another city in Israel.
MK Rothman: Let’s be clear: the knowledge and experience of female Torah scholars is equal to that of their male peers! Last week we participated in a stormy debate in the Knesset Constitution Committee on the issue of the proposed Rabbinical Bill dealing with the appointment of women to
The Rackman Center participated in a meeting on October 15, 2024, about the dangers of broadening gun ownership in Israel without checking whether applicants have any history of domestic violence. The number of gun license applications has increased two-fold since October 7. This makes it even more important that licenses
“A year has passed since the events of October 7th”, says Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, head of The Rackman Center.“Shortly after that fateful day, we got together, six professional women, for an endeavor we called “The Dinah Project,” which is named after the biblical figure.Its purpose – to commemorate the crimes
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and attorney (col. res.) Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas in an opinion piece following suspicions of assault on Palestinian detainees by IDF soldiers at the Sdeh Teiman detention facility: “If it discovered that there is truth in the allegations of sexual violence by conscript or reservist IDF soldiers,