About me

I was born in Mexico City into a Jewish family and immigrated to Israel at the age of 19. I earned my PhD in Philosophy with a dissertation on grotesque bodies and the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. I am currently a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel.

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My main areas of research are feminist phenomenology, feminist epistemology, and philosophies of the body and embodied experience. Much of my recent work has focused on feminist philosophical approaches to childbirth and maternal embodied subjectivity. In particular, I have explored the phenomenon of obstetric violence as a form of gender-based violence, examining it from different philosophical perspectives. I have published extensively on these topics in journals such as Human Studies, Feminist Theory, The European Journal of Women’s Studies, and Hypatia. My book, Obstetric Violence and the Birthing Body: A Reading from Feminist Philosophy, was published by Routledge in 2026.

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I live in Haifa with my husband, Ron, and our two children, Noa and Eviatar. Outside academia, I love swimming every day, and I can hardly imagine working without music. The National, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead are my constant companions.