Professor Daphna Joel

Daphna Joel is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Tel-Aviv University. In the past decade, she has been studying questions related to brain, sex and gender, using various analytical methods to analyze diverse datasets — from large collections of brain scans to information obtained with self-report questionnaires. In a series of papers, she postulated and tested the “mosaic” hypothesis. She is also the author of Gender Mosaic: Beyond the Myth of the Male and Female Brain (2019, Little Brown, N.Y.; Albin Michel, Paris). See this link for more details and her CV.

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Hundreds of Israeli Feminists Calling the International Community to Save Israel from Its Government

October 6, 2025

The call of 750 Jewish Israeli feminists and activists urges standing together in their struggle to end the war.

Professor Daphna Joel

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Hundreds of Israeli Feminists Calling the International Community to Save Israel from Its Government

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