This June 2011 NA’AMAT awarded 180 female students studying for their Bachelor and Master degree at the Annual NA’AMAT Scholarship Ceremony. In attendance were Talia Livni, President NA’AMAT Israel, Masha Lubelsky, President NA’AMAT Scholarship Fund, Ms. Liz Raider, President NA’AMAT U.S., Ms. Harriet Green, Chairperson Capital Funds – NA’AMAT U.S., & Ms. Orit Nusbaum, Vice…
NA’AMAT’s partnership with Arab women goes back to 1954, when the movement started providing sewing, cooking and Hebrew language classes in Arab villages. Over the decades, NA‘AMAT has built bridges of understanding and support between Jewish and Arab Israeli women. Today, NA‘AMAT is more involved in promoting the Israeli Arab woman’s quality of life than…
NA’AMAT views the day care center as a child’s second home. A warm, family atmosphere can be found in each of the 233 centers throughout Israel, the largest network of day care centers in the country. Our centers can accommodate up to 18,000 children ranging in age from infant to 4 years old. Recognizing the…
NA‘AMAT has 18 Technological and 2 Agricultural High Schools helping over 3,500 students! NA‘AMAT’s network of alternative high schools targets students who have been unable to succeed in traditional schools, often because of family or behavioral problems. The high schools offer small classes, individual attention, an experienced staff and a family atmosphere. Because of these…
Celebrating March 24 at the NA’AMAT USA, Or And Mazel Chapter Gala Dinner And Cabaret were: l. to. r. Vivian Fulop, Rebeca Reiner, Anny Stern, Mary Stone, Anabel Rub Peicher, chairperson Mazel Chapter; Amparo Dargoltz, Miriam Bimblich, Luisa Gottlieb seated: Anabelle Szafir Cohen, and Naomi Sifnugel Grobman” Highlight of the evening was the presentation to…
Talia Livni, President of NA'AMAT Israel Addresses Women’s Rights Demonstration
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at one of NA’AMAT’s conventions in the 1930s. Following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s strong support, Eleanor continued in her role as First Lady of the United States. In an era when few women had careers, she was the first to hold weekly press conferences and started writing a widely syndicated newspaper column,…
In 1928, Golda Meir was elected National Secretary of Moetzet HaPoalot (Working Women’s Council), which required her to spend two years (1932–34) as an emissary in the United States. As one of the early great pioneer of NA’AMAT’s beginnings, we owe great grattitude towards her and other powerful American and Israeli women who helped form…
For 85 years, NA’AMAT USA, International Movement of Zionist Women, has had one mission: to support the women and children of Israel. To accomplish its mission, NA’AMAT —through its sister organization in Israel— provides a broad range of social services, from day care centers to domestic violence shelters; from legal aid to alternative high schools.…
We are united in belief and in action around issues ranging from religious pluralism to an improvement in the status of women at home and in the workplace, from child well-being to peace in the Middle East, from the ability of single parents and new immigrants to build a life for themselves to the end…
