Tag Archive: Mavoi Satum
NIF Gives Emergency Grant to Protect Women’s Rights
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.
Trailblazers Debuts with Story of Israeli Woman Who Successfully Fought for the Right to Divorce
The documentary series will tell stories of Israelis who worked for social justice in Israel.
Breaking Glass Ceilings
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.
Meet Ronny Shapira Chisdai: Orthodox Jew, Feminist, and Social Justice Activist
From fundamentalism to feminism and social justice, activist Ronny Shapira Chisdai is a force to be reckoned with.
Groundbreaking Ruling on Women’s Rights
A precedent-setting decision adds yet another crack in the glass ceiling.
Groundbreaking Court Ruling on Rabbinical Courts
Legal advocacy breaks another glass ceiling as the High Court rules that women cannot be barred from serving as directors of rabbinical courts.
Cracking the Orthodox Rabbinate’s Control
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.
NIF-Shatil Backed Jerusalem Rally Condemns Violence
Hundreds came out to a NIF-sponsored rally on Saturday night in Jerusalem.
No Comfort in Revenge
Hundreds came out to a NIF-sponsored rally on Saturday night in Jerusalem.
Agunot Take Matters into Their Own Hands
Fifty courageous agunot – women denied a divorce by their husbands – and allies protested near the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem last week.