For all that the fight against sexual misconduct in Israel resonates with what is happening in the United States, core differences exist between the two countries.

Michal Aviad had a touch of prescience, perhaps, when she conceived of Working Woman. The Israeli director and her cowriter decided to focus her drama

Lipman, former editor in chief of "USA Today," is the author of the recent best seller "That's What She Said," about women in the workplace.

Women were forced to provide sexual favors to Nazis, collaborators or other prisoners in exchange for bread or some other necessity for survival.