1. Adina Bar-Shalom is an Israeli educator, columnist, and social activist.
13 Facts About Adina Bar-Shalom
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Adina Bar-Shalom was the founder of the first college for Haredi students in Jerusalem, and has spent years working to overcome gender discrimination in the Orthodox Jewish community.
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Adina Bar-Shalom was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society in 2014.
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Adina Bar-Shalom is a graduate of the Bais Yaakov girls' school network.
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In 2001, with the permission of her father, Adina Bar-Shalom founded Haredi College of Jerusalem, the first higher education institution in that city designed for the Haredi sector.
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Adina Bar-Shalom resides in the Ramat Aviv neighborhood of Tel Aviv with her husband, who is a rabbinical court judge and formerly served as president of the Tel Aviv Beit Din.
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Adina Bar-Shalom became involved in politics as a member of the Tafnit social protest group, led by Uzi Dayan, but left when the movement evolved into a political party and ran in the 2006 Knesset elections.
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Adina Bar-Shalom then founded a forum for dialogue between religious and secular Jews in Israel.
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Adina Bar-Shalom regularly speaks about the importance of women's education and work, and in 2013 supported a women's-only political party in the Haredi town of El'ad.
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In March 2014, Adina Bar-Shalom wrote that the Haredi feminist revolution is already here, writing that, "The train has left the station".
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Adina Bar-Shalom supported Shas, the political party founded by her father, and in 2014 founded and led its women's committee.
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Ahi Yisraeli pulled out before the election, and Adina Bar-Shalom endorsed Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party.
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In 2013, Adina Bar-Shalom was selected by Nashim magazine, part of the Makor Rishon newspaper, as one of the twenty most influential religious women in Israel.