A woman in Israel can easily become trapped in a marriage if their husband won’t give her a ‘get.’ Mavoi Satum is working to make sure courts don’t close cases before that happens.

The documentary series will tell stories of Israelis who worked for social justice in Israel.

Women were barred from serving as administrators of Rabbinic courts until Batya Kahana-Dror, director of Mavoi Satum, convinced the High Court to end this discriminatory practice. The ruling sends an important signal that the exclusion of women is unacceptable in the public sphere.

From fundamentalism to feminism and social justice, activist Ronny Shapira Chisdai is a force to be reckoned with.

A precedent-setting decision adds yet another crack in the glass ceiling.

Legal advocacy breaks another glass ceiling as the High Court rules that women cannot be barred from serving as directors of rabbinical courts.

In a victory for religious freedom and women’s rights, Nathalie Lastreger fought for – and won – the right to divorce outside of the ultra-Orthodox’s rabbinical courts.

Hundreds came out to a NIF-sponsored rally on Saturday night in Jerusalem.

Hundreds came out to a NIF-sponsored rally on Saturday night in Jerusalem.

Fifty courageous agunot – women denied a divorce by their husbands – and allies protested near the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem last week.