Gal Gadot Turns Producer With A Film On World War 2 Hero Irena Sendler
Gadot’s first film as a producer is a thriller based on the life of Polish World War II hero Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children from Warsaw ghetto.Â
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Israeli Court Jails Arab Poet Over Facebook Poem
On Tuesday, an Israeli court sentenced Arab poet, Dareen Tatour, to five months in prison. The Nazareth District Court sentenced Dareen after convicting her of “inciting violence” over a poem she posted on social media. The 36-year-old had posted a video of herself reading out her poem titled, “Resist, My People, Resist”. Dareen belongs to […]
Pro-Palestinian Activist Felicia Langer Dies
Israeli-German Holocaust survivor, Felicia Langer, has passed away in Germany. The 87-year-old was an activist and had done immense legal work in the defence of Palestinians. She reportedly died of cancer. Langer’s life Born in 1930 in Poland to Jewish parents, Langer had a tough childhood. She was just eight years old when her parents […]
Netta Barzilai –Â Know The Eurovision 2018 Winner
Israel’s Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal, with her song “Toy”. But who is she, what’s her story? She and her family lived in Nigeria for a period of four years, eventually returning to Israel. In her son, she reflects on the awakening of female power and social justice. Want to know who she is? […]
Israel Diary: A Peek Into A Ger Hasidic Woman’s Struggle For Empowerment
Jerusalem was hot and the sun was relentless. My tracker was telling me that I had walked 10 kilometres in the holy city. Reut Raz Biran, a bright young woman, who was showing me the city, had me bewitched with the history of Jerusalem. The Indian Prime Minister Modi was in Jerusalem too and there […]
Why Are Women Freezing Their Eggs?
There is a new reason as to why women are now freezing their eggs in the west. There is a dearth of single, eligible men out there, and this is why many women are freezing their eggs. Realising the fact that they may never get married, they at least want to safeguard their chances of […]
Study Shows Women More Likely To Get Anxious of ISIS Threats
A new study from Bar Ilan University in Israel suggests that women are more likely to become anxious due to ISIS threats, (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) especially if they are from a lower socioeconomic background. The study was conducted on thousand Israeli adults and the findings were that women from a lower […]
Let’s Get Men Into The Dialogue Of Gender Equality: Michal Rozin, Israel MP
At 8:30 am, Avigail Spira, First Secretary Spokesperson to the Embassy of Israel, was already waiting for SheThePeople crew to arrive at the Taj Palace hotel in New Delhi. When we met, Spira went on to tell me about the Knesset — Israel’s parliament. She explained that Knesset means a place where people assemble. As […]
