Rachel Azaria
Rachel Azaria is an Israeli politician, currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu. She previously served as deputy mayor and member of the Jerusalem City Council. Between 2004 and 2007 Azaria was Director of Mavoi Satum, a nonprofit organization which assists Jewish women who have been denied a gett, a religiously accepted divorce, by their husbands. Under her leadership, the number of women who received a gett with assistance from organisation tripled, and Mavoi Satum won recognition as the main advocacy organization in this field in Israel.
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Feminism in Israel | Meeting the challenges, making the changes: governing for women’s equality
By Rachel AzariaRachel Azaria is a Modern Orthodox Israeli politician, currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu.... Read more > February 2018
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Israel 70 | Young Voices: Can Jerusalem become a capital of tolerance?
By Michal Shilor
Voice of the Week
Our Voice of the Week is Ms. Iraq 2017 who travelled to Israel last week to speak at the AJC Global Forum 2018 about her hopes for the future of the Middle East. Sarah Idan’s family was forced to flee Iraq after an Instagram photo with Israel’s contestant Adar Gandelsman went viral last year.
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