The Latest From The Foundation
Dispatches from the network and updates from the Foundation.
I know that a vicious terror attack at a shul, one you pass by frequently, one in your own beautiful neighborhood and of course, one in which you might have raised your own voice in sacred prayer is never too far from your memory. How can it not be?
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Oct 2020
Dissenting Through Listening, Learning and Understanding
WGF/DS Alum Jordanna Amsel (Class 27)
Nearly a year after our meeting in Virginia, we demonstrated flexibility by deciding to adapt the scheme of our program to a new, unexpected reality. We were determined to produce high quality and professional outcomes and hope that we have managed to create an impact that will elevate women’s status as full partners of Israel’s society.
Consequently, the COVID-19 crisis reinforces and perpetuates gender gaps in the Arab community and dampens Arab women’s chances to be competitive among job offers.
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Aug 2020
Your Husband Called, He Said to Buy Anything You Want!
WHP Alum Hava Leipzig Holzhauer (Boca Raton 07)
Exploring the concept of ‘separate but equal’ put me in wonder of whether true gender equality could even exist. If men and women identify, are by nature or are commanded differently than one another – in aspirations, in household roles, in behaviors, in characteristics, in job selections, in interests, in required religious and ritual observance – can and do we truly attribute to each the same value? I determined that theoretically we could, but in how things played out in reality - not even close.
