57 Reasons to Get in Touch
Media:
Noga
A feminist quarterly in Hebrew, edited by Rachel Ostrovitz.
P.O.B. 21376
Tel Aviv 61213
Second Sex Publishing House
Headed by Sara Sykes, this company publishes women’s books. Catalogs are available
on request.
55 Shenken Street
Givatayim
Tel: 03-312349 or 03-342349
Brerot
Headed by Barbara Swirsky Publishes feminist works, including translations.
P.O.B. 36448
Tel Aviv 61363
Tel: 03-615470
Na’amat Woman
A magazine in English on women’s issues.
Histadrut Building
93 Arlosoroff Street
Tel Aviv
Tel: 03-210791 or 03-262362
or
200 Madison Avenue #1808
New York, N.Y. 10016
Tel: (212)725-8010
WIZO Magazine
WIZO — Women’s International Zionist Organization
38 David Hamelech Blvd.
Tel Aviv
Media Watch
21 Beeri Street
Tel Aviv
Contact: Rachel Ostrovitz
Women Against Offensive Publicity
Seeks to improve the image of women in media.
Rechov 312 #3
Jaffa 68164
Contact: Dina Blechman
Tel: 03-832769
Health and Rehabilitation:
Women to Women: Jerusalem Shelter for Battered Women
Offers refuge for women and child victims of abuse. Also helps in finding housing, jobs and childcare.
P.O.B. 10403
Jerusalem 91103
Contact: Joan Hooper
Tel: 02-382009
Herzelia Battered Women’s Shelter
Same services as above.
P.O.B. 5941
Herzelia
Contact: Ruth Rasnik
Tel: 052-551022
Haifa Battered Women’s Shelter
Same services as above.
20 Huri Street
Haifa
Contact: Lillian Lazarovitz
Tel: 04-662114
Ashdod Battered Women’s Shelter
Same services as above.
P.O.B. 6591
Ashdod
Tel: 051-32272
Health Line — Women’s Health Information and Education Center
c/o Israel Feminist
Movement
82 Ben Yehuda
Tel Aviv
Tel: 03-234917
Women for Women
Same services as above.
P.O.B. 4667
Haifa
Contact: Barbara Swirski
Shilo
Provides free counseling and information on contraception, pregnancy and sexuality.
Rechov Ben Yehuda 16
3rd floor
Jerusalem 94622
Contact: Ruth Bender
Tel: 02-248412
Israel Childbirth Education Center
Advocates reform of maternity care in Israel.
P.O.B. 3731
Haifa 31037
Contact: Wendy Bloomfield
Tel: 04-389633
Jerusalem Health Hotline
c/o Israel Women’s Network
P.O.B. 3171
Jerusalem 91037
Contact: Michal Schonbrun
Tel: 02-718922
Israel Family Planning Association
Provides information and counseling for adolescents and youth.
9 Rambam Street
Tel Aviv
Association for Victims of Sexual Abuse
P.O.B. 33041
Tel Aviv 61330
Contact: Joanne Yaron/ Esther Eilam
Tel: 03-244314 or 03-441341
Association for Domestic Abuse Rehabilitation
Israel’s first program to treat men who batter women and children.
Na’amat
9 Reiness St.
Tel Aviv
Contact: Ronit Lev-Ari
Tel: 03-235922
Linda Feldman Rape Crisis Center
P.O.B. 153
Jerusalem 91180
Tel: 02-245554
LO-Combatting Violence Against Women
Shelter for battered women and their children.
58 Sokolov Street
Herzliya 46380
Contact: Ruth Rasnik
Tel: 052-83856 or 052-86629
or Sheila Prag
Tel: 052-72836
Project Shalom Bayit
Offers services to women after they leave a shelter.
c/o Women For Women
P.O.B. 4667
Haifa 91032
Contact: Hannah Safran
Tel: 04-66214
Rape Crisis Center
Provides assistance to victims and education to the public.
P.O.B. 33041
Tel Aviv 61330
Contact: Rina Ben Tzvi
Tel: 03-234214
Rape Crisis Center
P.O.B. 9308
Haifa 91032
Contact: Nina Pravstein
Tel: 04-382611
Rape Crisis Center
P.O.B. 158
Jerusalem 91001
Contact: Lisa Fine
Tel: 02-245554
Rape Crisis Center
P.O.B. 4
Ra’anana
Tel: 052-32432
Civil Rights:
American-Israel Civil Liberties Coalition, Inc.
Deals with domestic law in Israel — marriage, divorce, custody of children and burial.
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
A non-pqlitical body dedicated to the defense of individual and civil rights in Israel.
2 Turiah Street
Abu Tor, Jerusalem 93511
Contact: Eli Natan/Hagi
Israeli
Tel: 02-718308
The Division for the Advancement of Equality of the Sexes of the United Kibbutz Movement Dedicated to promoting sexual equality on the kibbutz.
13 Leonardo daVinci St.
Tel Aviv
Contact: Erella Lamdan
Tel: 03-217151
Mitzva — League for Family Rights in the Courts
Mitzva is dedicated to alleviating the plight of agunot, women whose husbands refuse them a religious divorce.
P.O.B. 3186
Jerusalem 91036
Tel: 02-226339
Society for Protection of Personal Rights
P.O.B. 16151
Tel Aviv 61160
Tel: 03-246063 or 03-221721
Organization for Assistance to Agunot
Helps women who can’t obtain divorces.
P.O.B. 30953
Tel Aviv 61316
Contact: Daniela Valency
Tel: 03-5523418
Goverment:
IDF Women’s Corp.
Israel’s defense forces women’s section.
Army P.O.B. 2145
Contact: Brig. Gen. Hedva
Almog
Tel: 03-265746
Council for the Advancement of the Status of Women
Prime Minister’s Office
Kiriya, Jerusalem
Contact: Etya Simcha, advisor to the Prime Minister on the Status of Women
Council of Women’s Organizations in Israel
An umbrella organization for the major women’s organizations in Israel.
Prime Minister’s Office
Kiriya, Jerusalem
Contact: Etya Simcha
Fonim, of Heads of Women’s Organizations
Prime Minister’s Office
Kiriya, Jerusalem
Contact: Etya Simcha
General:
Forum of Women’s Organizations
Most inclusive of all umbrella organizations; represents most of the grassroots groups.
c/o Shatil
P.O.B. 4156
Jerusalem, 91040
Gesher
A peace movement in which Jewish and Arab women participate.
57 Horev Street
Haifa
Contact: Dr. Ada Aharoni
Tel: 04-243230
Isha L’Isha — Haifa Women’s Center
Dedicated to promoting understanding between Israeli men and women. Publishes educational literature, including a directory of women’s groups in Israel.
P.O.B. 3610
88 Arlosoroff Street
Haifa 34370
Tel: 04-664949
Israel Women’s Network
A national coalition of individual women, women’s gi’oups and citizens actions groups.
P.O.B. 3171
Jerusalem 91037
Contact: Alice Shalvi/Dorit
Karlin
Tel: 02-718922
Israel Feminist Movement
Lobbies for legislation, promotes academic courses on status of women and improving
awareness of feminist issues.
P.O.B. 33041
Tel Aviv 61330
Contacts: Joanne Yaron/Esther
Eilam/Sara Sykes
Tel: 03-234314 or 03-234114
Lachen
Promotes equality for women in sports, particularly basketball.
6 Giladi Street
Jerusalem 93385
Contact: Orna Ostfeld
Tel: 02-710385 or 03-474385
Na’amat, The Women’s Labor Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
Provides free legal counseling for women, does research on the status of women in Israel,
operates vocational training programs for girls and women, and provides funds for day
care, education, adolescent and family counseling.
Histadrut Building
93 Arlosoroff Street
Tel Aviv
Tel: 03-210791 or 03-262362
or
17 Rehov Strauss
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-244878
Rent — Women’s Social Services
Supports several sheltered housing projects.
5 Margolin Street
Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv
WIZO
Status of Women Division
38 David Hamelech Blvd.
Tel Aviv
Contact: Judith Plotkin
Emunah
Represents orthodox women in Israel and abroad.
166 Ibn Gavirol Street
Tel Aviv
Contact: Sarah Stern-Katan
Tel: 03-441193
Association of Women Directors
Organization of women in management positions in Israel.
18 Zichron Yaakov Street
Tel Aviv
Contact: Levana Zamir
Tel: 03-257570
Organization of National Service Widows
Provides financial support and information about entitlements for war widows.
P.O.B. 36317
Tel Aviv 61362
Tel: 03-391447
Organization of Unwed Mothers
P.O.B. 11564
Tel Aviv 61114
Contact: Tirza Giva
Tel: 03-947925
Education:
The Empowerment of Jewish Women
An International Conference, Nov 28 – Dec. 1,1988 in Jerusalem sponsored by American
Jewish Congress’ Committee for Women’s Equality, Israeli Women’s Network, and World
Jewish Congress’ Commission on the Status of Women.
American Jewish Congress
Commission for Women’s Equality
15 East 84th Street
New York, N.Y. 10028
Contact: Harriet Kurlander
Tel: (212)879-4500
Jerusalem International Conference on Women and Halacha
9 Brenner Street
Jerusalem
Contact: Renina Peli
Tel:02-631638
Research Institutes on Media and Family
10A Abba Hushi Street
Haifa
Contact: Hemda Arad
Tel: 04-256950
Hebrew University Gender Differences in Sociology Program
Mt. Scopus
Jerusalem
Contact: Prof. Galya Golan
Haifa University
Women’s Studies Program Offers 45 courses with over 400 students enrolled. Also has
public lecture series.
Haifa 31999
Contact: Marilyn Safir
Tel: 04-240111
Tel Aviv University Women’s Studies
Tel Aviv
Contact: Delilah Amir
Oranim Seminar
Offers two units for junior high school students on sex differences.
Doar Na Tivon 36910
Contact: Shoshana Ben-Zvi Mayer
Pelech Orthodox Secondary School for Girls
An experimental, egalitarian religious high school for girls.
14 Gideon Street
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-711282
