#165 - Talking with an Israeli Feminist (Ya'ara Cohen)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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(Please note: this text was written by the hosts and does not represent Ya'ara Cohen's opinions) In Israel, every year, 20 women on average get murdered by a family member. It might seem a relatively small number for an American, but in a country of 9 million - it’s a LOT. The majority of these women, are - PC TRIGGER ALERT- from Arab families, but definitely not all of them. Only recently, Israeli society was shaken by a horrendous murder of a mother by her father in front of their baby - and they were, on paper, the perfectly normal “Israeli” Jewish family. In the world, Israel is known as the only democracy in the Middle East. A torch of light amidst an ocean of cultural darkness - a country of gay pride parades, innovation and enlightenment. But when it comes to women, we need to ask ourselves - is Israel a feminist country? To try and answer this, we’re joined by Ya'ara Cohen. Ya'ara is a board member at Politically Corret - "Corret" translates to “She reads”, an organization that tries to shed a feminist perspective on everyday texts which we read in the newspaper and online. We’re happy to have Ya'ara Cohen on our show.

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0:00.0	This is Aiton Weinstein.
0:01.8	And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.
0:12.3	This podcast is made in collaboration with the Jewish Journal.
0:16.1	Check them out at Jewishjournal.com.
0:18.4	Also in collaboration with Arutscheva, Israel National News.com. If you'd like to support
0:24.2	the podcast, visit 2NJB.com slash donate. In Israel, every year, 20 women on average get murdered by a family member. It might seem a relatively
0:41.8	small number for an American, but in a country of 9 million, it's a lot. The vast majority of
0:48.7	these women are PC trigger alert from Arab families, but definitely not all of them. Only recently, Israeli society was
0:57.1	shaken by a horrendous murder of a mother and her baby by her father, and they were, on paper,
1:03.9	the perfectly normal Israeli Jewish family. In the world, Israel is known as the only democracy
1:10.6	in the Middle East, a torch of light
1:13.2	amidst an ocean of cultural darkness, a country of gay pride parades, innovation, and
1:18.6	enlightenment. But when it comes to women, we need to ask ourselves, is Israel a feminist country?
1:25.0	To try and answer this, we're joined by Yara Cohen today.
1:28.6	Yara is a board member at Politically Koret.
1:31.3	Koeh translates to She Reads,
1:33.5	an organization that tries to shed a feminist perspective on everyday texts,
1:37.9	which we read in the newspaper and online.
1:40.4	We're super thrilled to be joined today,
1:42.9	to have Yara Koeh on the show today to talk about the tough
1:46.6	topic of feminism. So thank you so much. Thanks for having me guys. You can look at us,
1:52.1	not at the camera. So Israel, so Israel had to. Is Israel a feminist country? Wow, that is a
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