Elluminate co-sponsored a special briefing on the challenges facing women in Israel and across the globe featuring Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, a renowned women’s rights advocate and Founding Academic Director at the Rackman Center for the Advancement of Women at Bar-Ilan University. The program was sponsored in partnership with Hadassah Foundation, The Dinah Project and the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan.
The conversation between Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari and Rabbi Joanna Samuels was both candid and deeply moving. Together, they reflected on the state of women’s rights in Israel, the responsibility we all share to confront denial and injustice, and the power of optimism and persistence in the face of adversity. Ruth shared her leadership with the Dinah Project, that successfully advocated with the UN to recognize and seek justice for victims of sexual violence and crimes perpetrated on October 7. This included the success of ensuring that the UN included Hamas as a terrorist organization. She shared we can’t give up being in a relationship and working to make change.
