A pioneer who championed women’s rights, Marcia Freedman, ex-MK passed away at the age of 83. Freedman was born in New Jersey in 1938 and moved to Israel in 1976, where she played a role in starting the Israeli feminist movement. She made waves in the 1970s, became an Israeli Parliament member between 1974 and…
Reaching the tail end of the high holiday season means we’ve made it to Sukkot, the weeklong harvest celebration honoring nature’s finest fruits, gearing us up for Simchat Torah, where we celebrate the gift of the Torah and restart reading Genesis. After Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Sukkot focuses on joy, gratitude, and gathering to…
It’s a wonder how Israel remains in somewhat economically good standing, given that it hasn’t functioned with an approved budget for the last three years. The past two years were null due to the political standstill. The last budget approved was in 2018 for the following year. With the new government, a 2021/2022 budget ($187…
Israel is reverberating in celebration of its first gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, won by artistic gymnast Dolgopyat. The 24-year-old Ukrainian-born moved to Israel when he was 12 years old and only learned of his Jewish side then too. The victory has created an opportunity to showcase the many challenges of being an…
Over one year ago, the High Court ruled the Surrogacy Law in Israel unconstitutional, admitting that the language was flawed. It ordered that the government change it within the year, yet after a number of deadline extensions, the government finally handed the responsibility back to the High Court itself. Finally, the fruits of a longtime…
