The thunderous applause at the plenary session of Kfar Sava's city council about a month ago after a speech given by 17-year-old Shahar Elkwasser filled the young woman with cautious optimism. She had concluded her speech, about the status of women and the way to attain real equality and shrink the wage gap between men and women, with a declaration about the importance of sexual-equality education from...
The gender revolution hits Israeli schools
Kfar Sava's cutting-edge gender-studies program, brought on by a teenager, is the exception that confirms the rule: The subject gets very little attention in Israeli schools.
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