by SBlumenkranz | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog
Because our office has been closed so many days over the past couple of weeks due to snow/inclement weather—and we know that so many of our friends have also experienced disruptions due to the weather—we have decided to extend the deadline for the Bernice S....
by SBlumenkranz | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog
A year before #MeToo hit the mainstream, a program supported by the Hadassah Foundation, the Jewish United Fund of Chicago's Research Training Internship (RTI) program, created a Passover haggadah that explores sexual violence and rape culture. This year, they are...
by SBlumenkranz | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog
At the Force for Change Israel Mission today, we heard from a panel of experts who are attempting to limit violence against women. These included the director of our former grantee, Women’s Spirit, which helps female victims of domestic violence regain...
by SBlumenkranz | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog
The Force for Change Mission heard from the next generation of Israeli feminists today, including those who represent the Arab Israeli and Russian immigrant community. Not surprisingly, social media is an important organizing tool for these young women, who each have...
by SBlumenkranz | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog
The Force for Change Mission met yesterday with two female members of the Knesset: Penina Tamanu-Shatu (top), the first Ethiopian woman in the Knesset (and an alum of Olim Beyachad, a Foundation grantee) and Aida Touma-Sulieman (above), chair of the Knesset Committee...
