Pardes and Safed Academic College, April 2025, ISBN  978-1-80539-957-5; eISBN 978-1-80539-955-1, 204 pages)February 2025. 468 pages.

WOMEN IN ISRAEL: ANTHROPOLOGICAL, FEMINIST AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES [HEBREW]

The book examines women’s diverse experiences in Israeli society from the 1980s through the 2020s. It explores educational issues and women’s struggles over leadership in teachers’ organizations; threatened motherhood within the welfare system; bureaucratic encounters faced by Ethiopian immigrant women; how the lack of women-focused political parties has affected representation; feminist activism against the sex industry; and gender power dynamics in gyms. The chapters analyze societal changes and processes during this time period. The articles integrate academic research with social and feminist activism, emphasizing a commitment to social justice and equality. Employing qualitative and auto-ethnographic methodologies, they offer critical approach to some of the prevailing social and gender studies.

https://doi.org/10.3167/9781805399575

Esther Hertzog is head of the department of social behavior sciences at Zefat Academic College.