BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1982@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T210000 DTSTAMP:20231124T021252Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/woman-leadership-in-time-of-war/ SUMMARY:Woman Leadership in Time of War DESCRIPTION:Temple Israel Center\, 280 Old Mamaroneck Rd\, White Plains\, N Y 10605\nFree Admission. Register Here\n\nSpeaker Biographies\nMoran Zer K atzenstein\nMoran is a lecturer\, strategy and communication expert\, soci al activist\, one of the leaders of the women's struggle\, the initiator o f the coalition of women's organizations and equality and the founder of t he Bonot Alternativa (Alternative Builders) movement. In 2023\, as part of the protest against the legislation reform in Israel\, Bonot Alternativa initiated the "Handmaids' Protest"\, which drew inspiration from Canadian author Margaret Atwood's book\, "The Handmaid's Tale". The protest include d hundreds of women across the country marching in silence in red robes. T he handmaids became a symbol of the protest against the legislation reform and led to the breakthrough of the movement\, with Zer Katzenstein at the forefront of the struggle. She frequently speaks at demonstrations held a t Kaplan St. in Tel Aviv and throughout the country. Since 10/7\, Bonot un der her leadership\, has shifted to become one of the leading organization s providing support and relief to the evacuees in the South and North of I srael\, with an emphasis on providing physical and emotional support to wo men nation wide.\n\nRonit Snir\nRonit is the secretary general of the Hash omer Hatzair movement\, the first Zionist youth movement. She is the first woman to serve in this position since the War of Independence. Co-founder of the Hashomer Hatzair graduate movement\, which includes hundreds of yo ung men and women living in communes and urban Kibbutzim throughout the co untry and engaged in education and social action. She is a feminist activi st and chair of the Committee for the Promotion of Gender Equality and the Prevention of Sexual Violence in the Council of Youth Movements in Israel . Ronit holds a B.A. in education and a teaching certificate in history an d citizenship from Beit-Berl College. She is a senior instructor for educa tional journeys to Poland and in the field of Holocaust education and moth er of two who lives in the urban kibbutz in Harish\, a young kibbutz whose goal is to develop education and civil society in this new and diverse ci ty. Since 10/7\, Hashomer Hatzair has mobilized its educators and funds to support the evacuees in the South and North of Israel\, and to the victim s from the Kibutzim surrounding Gaza\, most of which are affiliated with t he Movement.\n\nProf. Yifat Bitton\nPresident\, Achva Academic College. Le gal scholar and activist for equality\, focusing on gender and origin. Ph. D. The Hebrew University\; LLM\, Yale University\; Visiting Researcher Har vard University (Fulbright Fellow). Visiting Professor\, University of Chi cago\, NYU\, and Peking University\, China\; Associate professor\, The Col lege of Management Law School\, Israel. Throughout her career\, Prof. Bitt on has been a staunch advocate for equality\, both within and beyond the a cademic realm\; Her innovative academic research has shed light on pressin g gender-related issues\, leading to practical solutions and policy recomm endations. Bitton founded "Tmura"\, The Israeli Center for Equality\, wher e she litigated for 20 years human rights torts cases\, a field initiated and developed by her. For her long-lasting human rights work\, Bitton has won myriad awards and prizes\, among them: Minister of Social Equality Awa rd for Fighting Violence against Women (for Tmura)\; "Honoris Causa" Israe li Bar Association Award\; Nominated Forbes' 50 Most Influential Women in Israel for 2015 and more. Bitton was shortlisted twice for Israel’s Supr eme Court\, making history as the youngest woman and the first of Mizrahi descent to ever appear on the list. Under her leadership\, Achva College m odels and embodies gender equality in every possible aspect\, starting fro m its leading management members and board and following with its percenta ge of female students\, being the highest in Israel (89% female!). Bitton lost 2 of her relatives in battle on 10/7\, and since then has been focusi ng on providing support to her students at Achva College\, one of the few academic establishments in the Negev\, and working with the Civil Commissi on on Oct. 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children. She is one of t he\nsurvivors who met with President Biden on his recent visit to Israel d uring the war.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023 /11/Screenshot-2023-11-23-at-9.04.33-PM.png CATEGORIES:Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR