‘A seat at the table’: Latin American Jewish women call for a new era of leadership

The Jerusalem Post · MATHILDA HELLER · 2026-11-06 14:07 UTC

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Five Latin American Jewish women at Herzog's Voice of the People council discuss breaking leadership barriers, embracing diversity, and creating more inclusive communities.

For five Jewish women from Latin America, the challenge facing Jewish leadership is not simply how to bring people together, but how to ensure everyone has a place at the table.

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on the sidelines of the Voice of the People council’s gathering in Budapest, the women reflected on the obstacles they have faced in their own communities, the importance of finding belonging in an increasingly divided Jewish world, and the need to ensure that women’s voices are not lost.

The five are members of the inaugural council of Voice of the People, President Isaac Herzog’s global Jewish leadership initiative, which brought together 150 participants from Israel and Jewish communities around the world. The council concluded its first term in Hungary in October.

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