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Women Worshipers Score Legal Victory

Women praying at Judaism’s holiest site, the Western Wall, need not fear police threats of arrest if seen wearing traditional ceremonial attire associated with the religion’s males following a Jerusalem District Court ruling handed down on Thursday.The order, which says women may pray with prayer shawls and phylacteries, is seen as a major victory for a group called Women of ...

“Women! Step Aside for Men!”

City workers have removed signs warning women in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn to step aside for men.But the Parks Department says the teardowns in South Williamsburg had nothing to do with the message itself; it’s just illegal to post signs on street trees.“We do not know who put up the signs,” said Parks spokeswoman Trish Bertuccio.The large signs started ...

Women need support for technological careers, MKs told

Young women are reluctant to go into engineering because of the “impossible hours” that day care centers are open. In addition, there are self-image and cultural problems, Open University president Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron told a joint meeting of Knesset Committees on the Status of Women and Science and Technology on Tuesday.Messer-Yaron, a former director- general of the Science and Technology ...

Women More Traumatized Than Men by TV Coverage of Terror

Women are more affected than men by television coverage of terrorism, a new study shows.Researchers at the University Haifa found the coverage caused women to lose psychological resources more than their male counterparts, leading to negative feelings and moodiness.The results of the study, conducted by Professor Moshe Zeidner at Haifa University’s Department of Counseling and Human Developmentwill soon appear in ...

Woman’s picture removed from mikveh

Y., who works in the capital’s Religious Council, was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago and managed to overcome the disease after a strong battle.About a month ago, she decided to hang a poster promoting breast cancer awareness at the entrance to her workplace, in a bid to try to spare other women from experiencing what she went through.Several ...

Woman Fired by Haredim for Being ‘too Busty’

A New Jersey woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace.Wearing a form-fitting sequined black dress and black leather, sequin-studded boots, Lauren Odes, 29, said her Orthodox Jewish employers at Native Intimates told her ...

WJC Urges Hungary to Combat Hate Crimes

The rise of far-right movements and anti-Semitism across Europe, notably in Hungary, where more than half a million Jews were killed in the Nazi Holocaust, will preoccupy Jewish leaders from around the globe when they meet in Budapest on Sunday.“Clearly, anti-Semitism in Hungary is on the rise, and we have also witnessed a dramatic growth in the number of attacks ...

WJC to honor pro-Israel Christian leaders

The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus will hold its sixth annual “Night to Honor Our Christian Allies” on Tuesday, in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress (WJC).Knesset members from across the political spectrum and government leaders will join both Jews and Christians at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem for a reception in honor of Christians who have been steadfast in their ...

WJC calls for Germany to boycott Durban III

The World Jewish Congress on Friday called on the international community, citing specifically Germany, to boycott the UN-sponsored Durban III anti-racism conference slated for next month in New York City.“The World Jewish Congress urges all countries to follow the example set by Canada, the United States, Israel, Australia and the Czech Republic, Italy and the Netherlands, and to not participate ...

WJC, ADL slam S. American recognition of ‘Palestine’

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have epressed concern over recent announcements made by Latin American countries that they recognize a Palestinian state in statements released by the organizations on Tuesday.“The WJC calls on the United States and other members of the Quartet – Russia, the EU and the United Nations – to unequivocally denounce such moves ...

WIZO works at cultivating its newest generation of leaders

When Yvette Woldenberg was a child growing up in Baranqilla – Colombia’s fourth largest city located on the steamy tropical shores of the Caribbean Sea – she would often observe her grandmother meticulously preparing for a meeting of the local chapter of Women’s International Zionist Organization, the Jewish social welfare sorority.“She would put on her blouse and pin and go ...

WIZO sets sights on improving Israel’s standing in world

Some 150 members of the Women’s International Zionist Organization, a Jewish activist group celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, gathered in Tel Aviv on Monday for its annual Meeting of Representatives.WIZO chairwoman Tova Ben-Dov welcomed the delegates from 24 countries to the event at the Hilton Hotel and spoke about the organization’s significant contribution to Israel.“During the last 90 years ...