Opening the New Year with a Festive Event for “Woman by Your Side” Volunteers
We opened the new year of activity with a festive event for our “Woman by Your Side” volunteers. For the first time, we brought together
November 11, 2025
We opened the new year of activity with a festive event for our “Woman by Your Side” volunteers. For the first time, we brought together
he State of Israel is falling behind in the fight against violence against women, because the law does not define “domestic violence.” Since the beginning
rs under physical violence from her husband. Later on, he was arrested and convicted of sexually assaulting her daughter and two other young relatives. However,
28 women have been murdered in Israel since early 2025. The murder of Hodaya Fadida shows the urgent need to address domestic violence in Israel.
After the Dinah The Dinah Project, that operates under the auspices of The Rackman Center, revealed dozens of testimonies of rape, sexual assault and intentional
Last week, we marked the completion of the psychotherapy internship year at the Rackman Center in the Faculty of Law at Bar-Ilan University. Through our
In honor of International Women’s Day, the Rackman Center is honored to host a conference on “Promotion and Empowerment of Women’s Rights in Family Law in Israel: From Planning to Action, March 2016-February 2018”. The event will take place this Thursday, February 15, from 09:30-14:00, in the Segel Room –
It was a truly special occasion for us to host our dear friend Joseph Rackman, the son of Rabbi Rackman z’l who founded The Rackman Center in 2001. Mr. Rackman brought his wife and family on the occasion of his grandson’s Bar Mitzvah, to see their grandfather and great grandfather’s
Prof Halperin-Kaddari is currently in Geneva, working in her role as vice-chairperson of the UN CEDAW Committee. High on the committee’s agenda is the issue of abortion laws in Northern Ireland, where abortion is illegal. The Founding Head of the Rackman Center was quoted and interviewed across International media as
We are sad to inform you that our supporter and friend, Ruth Rappaport, passed away peacefully yesterday. In her life, Ruth contributed greatly to the field of medicine, to education, to culture, to sports, and of course to the Rackman Center and women’s empowerment. Ruth was a model of extensive
We were delighted to host Rabbi Ellen Flax and representatives from The Hadassah Foundation at The Rackman Center today. Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Dr Galit Shaul presented and answered interesting questions. Gilit Inbar-Kimchi gave an overview of our new volunteer program, ‘A Woman by your Side’ that offers one-on-one mentoring
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Dr. Galit Shaul welcomed back Jane Stern Lebell and Ronnie Stern, to our offices. Jane is one of our original founders and a long-standing supporter and were honored that Jane lit a candle at our Bat Mitzvah celebrations in 2015. We are so grateful for the