CWJ Israel

@cwjisrael

CWJ is a organization at the forefront of advancing the rights of women to , , and under law.

Jerusalem
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Joined April 2009
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  1. May 15

    ! 🥂 Meet Shira and Guy, an engaged couple who stopped by our office today to show their commitment to each other and to the Jewish community by signing our halakhic prenup! Want to sign one too? Call 02-566-4390 for a free consultation!

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  2. May 13

    We are proud of 's executive director, Dr. Susan Weiss, who was selected to join 's groundbreaking Collective of Jewish women visionaries and leaders! Our combined social impact is more than the sum of its parts. 💪

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    May 8

    gala celebration announcing their first cohort of Jewish women social entrepreneurs including: susan weiss, mazal shaul among other amazing women social justice leaders! Mazel tov to all!@NCJW

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  4. Apr 30

    The rabbinic court is fighting a political battle about state vs non-state religious services, fought on the back of this woman. Today, they criminally convicted a man for get refusal, all for the purpose of *keeping* a woman chained. Chelm.

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  5. Apr 29

    CWJ is honored to partner with the visionary women at ! Together, we can strategically knock down institutional barriers and build a future in which women's rights to dignity, equality and justice are self-evident. via

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  6. Apr 2

    Ah, the good ol' days: “The world has gone totally crazy,” he said. “Once a family was something that was closed from every direction. The rules were clear. No one could go in. The woman couldn’t leave the house. People used to suffer a lot less.”

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  7. Apr 1

    CWJ director Dr Susan Weiss breaks down the way Tzviya Gorodetsky's case highlights the ever-present tension between modern gender equality and traditional patriarchy with

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    Mar 8

    In Israel, I met the , the organisation that's fighting for Jewish women to have the basic right to divorce a husband within their Orthodox marriage system.

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    Mar 21

    Marriage in is captivity for . On International Day, by Dr. Susan Weiss of Center for Women's Justice

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  10. Feb 10

    Today, after 2+ years of being refused a divorce, Irena walked out of the rabbinic court a free woman. Until women gain the right to divorce, CWJ will continue treating the symptom--women trapped in marriages--while working on the root problem--a fundamental lack of civil rights.

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    Feb 6

    From the desk of our director, Esther Macner: We are inspired and encouraged by Rabbi Sperber’s convening of batei din that have the courage and compassion to employ halachic solutions to free Agunot.

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    Jan 23
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    Btw, this is happening in Modi`in:

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  13. Feb 4

    In Israel, the existence of agunot--women unable to leave their marriages--points not just to a religious problem but a civil failing as well. CWJ addresses both by utilizing available halakhic solutions while challenging the state's monopoly:

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  14. Jan 24

    Listen to the full radio program about the state rabbinate's exclusive control over marriage and divorce in Israel. Should the rabbinate have a monopoly? Why are people performing private, illegal ceremonies? Tune in:

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  15. Jan 24

    The BBC World Service speaks with CWJ executive director Dr. Susan Weiss about women's rights in the rabbinic court:

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    "What does a woman have to prove in Israel to get a divorce? It's a trick question because the answer is nothing." Do Jewish women have enough divorce rights in Israel?
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  16. Jan 15

    Today, CWJ is in the as an amicus curiae in Dr. Yofi Tirosh's petition against ever-growing sex segregation in government-funded academia. "Separate but equal" is a farce. Access to higher education for both women and Hareidi men should not be a zero sum game.

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  17. 1 Nov 2018

    A historic day! Mazal tov to Dr Aliza Bloch, the first woman to be elected mayor of Beit Shemesh, a city notorious for its hostility to women. CWJ salutes you and looks forward to seeing you at the helm!

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  18. 28 Oct 2018

    Our hearts go out to the Jewish community. We pray for your healing and safety.

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  19. 28 Oct 2018

    : David Ze’ev speaks to CWJ executive director Susan Weiss, about our lawsuit against two ultra-Orthodox newspapers for refusing to print an ad for , founder of U’Bezchutan, Israel’s first women’s political party.

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    25 Oct 2018

    .: case proves that even sanctions such as prison are not sufficient & that only adoption of solutions w/in that annul or invalidate marriages will guarantee freedom of women

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