Equality

Israel cannot solve its draft crisis without confronting the status quo - opinion

This systemic self-destructive behavior of Israeli governments, letting one group decide and legislate what is religiously (and therefore civically) acceptable, is the root of today's inequality.

HAREDI MEN clash with police officers and civilians as they block a road during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who refused IDF service, on Route 90, on October 18, 2026.
Cisco Systems, headquartered in San Jose, California, has been accused of failing to protect pro-Palestinian employees from harassment.

Feds say Cisco likely failed to protect pro-Palestinian workers from harassment

Iranian demonstrators gather in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.

Only a quarter of Iranians believe Iran is a just and equal society, regime survey admits

Dr. Martain Luther King gave his most famous speech, ‘I have a dream,’ before the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March  on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

'We Are Black Jews': The story of Ethiopian Jews and Israel's unfinished journey - review


People need to be active for Jerusalem to be a pride-tolerant place - opinion

Public policy for the LGBTQ+ community is still dictated by the standards of hate and prejudice.

 PARTICIPANTS GATHER at last year's Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance. LGBTQ+ people in Jerusalem come from incredibly precarious circumstances and need abundant resources.

There is no forgetting the injustices of the Holocaust - opinion

Comptroller highlights failures by successive governments over restitution of Jewish property

THE PETITION of twenty organizations, Holocaust survivors, and second-generation was recently submitted to the High Court, led by Adv. Gilad Sher.

The UN throws women under the bus - opinion

In Iran, women are forced to wear hijab and have been imprisoned and tortured for removing it.

 IRANIAN JOURNALIST and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad speaks on stage at the Women in the World Summit in New York, in 2019.

Microsoft, Amdocs attend conference held to promote equal wages for women

Speakers, including women from Microsoft and Amdocs, discussed how to overcome one of the world’s largest gender wage gaps.

 Women's Wage Equality Conference at OpenValley Caesarea complex, February,2022.

Israel's younger generation brings back the spirit of social justice - opinion

In Israel, in 2022, the responsibility for social solidarity and the promotion of social justice is in the hands of philanthropists and civil society and less in the hands of the state.

 CULTURE COMES to the community in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood.

Aging in the ancient land of Israel is not as bad as it could be

Meirav Cohen is passionate about making a difference in the quality of life of the elderly population.

 Minister of Social Equality and Pensioners Meirav Cohen poses for a photograph with nine-year-old Meirav, the writer's granddaughter

Shuli Rand's marriage of additional wife highlights inequality - women's orgs

"Women refused a get (Jewish divorce document) don't have a magical permit that allows for a second marriage if the husband refuses to let go."

SHULI RAND: It is my life story

Tel Aviv LGBTQ+ center gears up for 'equality for all' event

As part of the ceremony, members of the community will be able to donate blood, following the lifting of the ban on blood donations from gay men earlier this year.

Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021

Knesset c'tee continues fight over equality bill

The bill is unlikely to pass due to opposition from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

View of the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 10, 2020.

Israel's top LGBTQ+ advocacy group changes leadership after five years

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Ohad Hezki reviews five years of building bridges in the LGBTQ community as head of The Aguda.

 FORMER AGUDA director-general Ohad Hezki.