Meet Dana International, the first transgender winner of the Eurovision song contest, plus Oscar winner Natalie Portman and 'Jerusalem of Gold' singer Shuly Natan.
From Prime Minister Golda Meir to Knesset Member Pnina Tamano-Shata, these women have broken glass ceilings and shaped Israel throughout its first three-quarters of a century.
Israel has made a critical mistake over the years in not being more explicit about its unique kind of democracy, writes author and scholar Daniel Gordis.