Impact

Breaking Glass Ceilings

01 December 2017 | By New Israel Fund
Batya Kahana-Dror - photo via Flash90 F170111FFF17.jpg

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.