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Here is this week's media round up: My Cypriot sister-in-arms, Magda Zenon, interviewed me about our new political party, Kol Hanashim. The 30-minute long podcast delves into the hows and whys of starting this party, the challenges ahead, and the hopes for women's equality and inclusion. Take a listen here. Moya Lothian-McLean of Gal-Dem inter...

I spent the morning at the Cypriot courthouse with 70 other Israelis protesting the sentencing of a rape victim for "public mischief", a crime she was charged with because she dared go to the police to report a gang-rape. Despite the evidence supporting her story — 35 bruises on her arms and legs and genitals, 12 condoms, blood, pathology reports s...

Freeher4justice"JUSTICE" CYPRUS STYLE Hotel doctor > "rape"Police officer Nicolettis > "rape"Pathologist > "rape"Israeli witness > "rape"Forensic of mobiles > "rape"Scratches on Brit & Israelis > "rape"+8DNA 13 condom wrapper > "rape"Blod on condom > "rape" Cyprus Judge > "no rape" ???? Read more (in Hebrew) here ...

Last week, I started a new blog, called "Toxic Tactics: Your Ultimate Guide to Naming and Neutralizing the Toxic Tactics of Emotional and Verbal Abuse that have taken over." You can read about it at www.toxictactics.com  Would love to know what you think. 

Over the past three years, as Vice Chair for Media and Policy for Democrats Abroad Israel, I have been doing media appearances on Israeli television, working to have civil debates with Trump defenders in Israel.   Here are a few examples: * "Trump is the number one inciter", Interview with Ayalla Hasson, on 103 Radio, following ...

As of now, 28 women made it into this Knesset, 1 less than the previous Knesset, and 7 less than the Knesset before that. Of those 28, 2 are Arab, 1 is Druze, 1 is Ethiopian, and 1 is haredi.While many great women didn't make it, and while these numbers are troubling (and there are NO women in the Blue-White coalition negotiations), and while I am ...

The latest Pew Report on religious freedom showing that Israel is practically on par with Iran on this issue should not come as much of a surprise. Those of us who have been tracking religious freedom in Israel have observed that not only are incidents of religious intolerance and oppression on the rise, but they are becoming bolder, more normalize...

WE WON!  I'm absolutely thrilled to report that the cookbook I compiled, The Masala Mamas: Recipes and Stories from the Indian Women Changing their Communities through Food and Love,  WON the international Gourmand Award for food books in the category of fundraising! How exciting is that!! Special shout-out to all the spons...

Dynamics of the Jewish Patriarchy

I made an infographic on "Dynamics of the Jewish Patriarchy" for the current Journal of the Association of Jewish Studies (AJS). With the help of super-talented graphic designer Shoshana Balofsky.  A few disclaimers: It obviously does not exhaust every aspect of the patriarchy, nor does it go into intersectional aspects of the patriarchy ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Wednesday night was one of the hardest nights on the Israeli calendar. In that hazy space between sunset and nightfall, Israel transitioned from the intense pain of Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day, to the uninhibited joy of Yom Ha'atzmaut, Independence Day. It's an evocative, jarring and charged transition. After a full day or more of ...