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  So much to wish and pray for in this coming year.....  Wishing for humanity to find sources of light and love, and the courage to let go of all the darkness, hatred and fear... Wishing for changes in leadership around the world, for more compassion and empathy, more women's voices, more celebration of diversity, an end to authoritariani...

It's 3:11 AM and I can't sleep. I have too much to do, and too many thoughts floating through my head.  I have been serving as Vice Chair for Media and Policy for Democrats Abroad Israel since the 2016 elections. But it's mostly been on a low flame. Now, however, as the election is less than 100 days away, an election that may in fact be ...

The headlines heralded what many of us have been agitating for years: Orthodox women are going to be recognized as rabbis in Israel. All over social media, Orthodox women virtually cheered, as did their allies. But that excitement after last week's decision by Israel's attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, to require the rabbinate to accept women's...

Alan Dershowitz seems nervous. That was clear in his interview in the new Netflix documentary, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich , that chronicles Epstein's sex trafficking operation. Dershowitz challenged his accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, to say on camera that she was forced to have sex with him 'six or seven times'. She did just that. It does not...

​The Kol Hanashim Women's Party did not, alas, make it into the Knesset, but we certainly made waves.  With a diverse list of women -- Jewish, Muslim and Christian; from North, Center and South; religious and non-religious, immigrants and veterans; young mothers, single women and grandmothers; able and disabled; straight and LGBT; women of all...

Every time I turn on my computer, I remember why I decided to form a women's political party. Not alone, obviously, but with a diverse and talented group of women. Nevertheless, I am constantly reminded about what brought me here, every time the screen comes to life. No matter how many ad-blockers I use, the ads are constant: Do I want a hot babe? ...

Here is this week's media round up: My Cypriot sister-in-arms, Magda Zenon, interviewed me about our new political party, Kol Hanashim. The 30-minute long podcast delves into the hows and whys of starting this party, the challenges ahead, and the hopes for women's equality and inclusion. Take a listen here. Moya Lothian-McLean of Gal-Dem inter...

I spent the morning at the Cypriot courthouse with 70 other Israelis protesting the sentencing of a rape victim for "public mischief", a crime she was charged with because she dared go to the police to report a gang-rape. Despite the evidence supporting her story — 35 bruises on her arms and legs and genitals, 12 condoms, blood, pathology reports s...

Freeher4justice "JUSTICE" CYPRUS STYLE Hotel doctor > "rape" Police officer Nicolettis > "rape" Pathologist > "rape" Israeli witness > "rape" Forensic of mobiles > "rape" Scratches on Brit & Israelis > "rape" +8DNA 13 condom wrapper > "rape" Blod on condom > "rape" Cyprus Judge > "no rape" 🤔 Read more (in Hebrew) here...

Last week, I started a new blog, called "Toxic Tactics: Your Ultimate Guide to Naming and Neutralizing the Toxic Tactics of Emotional and Verbal Abuse that have taken over." You can read about it at www.toxictactics.com  Would love to know what you think.