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.

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

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.