


Podcast and Radio Appearances:
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Interview with "Every Woman," Radio Nigeria, Apr. 2020
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Divorce, Abuse, Violence, and What We Can DO About It, Fierce Mama Warriors, Dec. 2019
Wait a minute. I have the right to be treated with respect. Just because I am me. Not because I’ve proven anything in the world. Not because I’ve done anything great. But just because I am in the world living and breathing, and doing my best to be the best person I can."
~ Yehudit Sidikman

T.V. Appearances:
My body. My right to decide what to do with it."

Articles By Yehudit:
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The Hidden Cost of Gender-Based Violence, Apolitical, Feb. 2020
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A Response to “Kickboxing, Rape, and the Myth of Self-Defense,” Medium, Jan. 2020
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Empowering Women Self-Defense Advocates, The Jerusalem Post, Nov. 2015
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What We Should Learn from Moses - The First Jewish Fundraiser, The Jerusalem Post, Feb. 2015
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Bricks, Breaking, and Completion, For One Another, Mar. 2014
Teaching girls to advocate for themselves, to know their rights and boundaries, to set them and to protect them, and to have the physical skills to defend themselves is not only life-changing and healing, it works to prevent violence in the majority of cases."
Yehudit Sidikman
Apolitical, 2020

Articles About Yehudit:
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Meet Yehudit Sidikman (Story of IMPACT), Women Moving Millions, April 2020
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Israel’s El HaLev Centers Train Women to Defend Themselves, by Jordana Benami, Hadassah Magazine, Mar. 2020
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An Israeli Method of Women’s Self-Defense Goes Global, by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21c, Nov. 2019
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The Ambassador’s Club of Israel celebration of International Women’s Day, by Ariella Rose & Ella Justus Segal, Diplomacy.co.il Mar. 2019
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Empowerment Self-Defense — A Vital Pillar in the Global Refugee Response, by Negar Tayyar, Medium, Oct. 2019
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Free workshop to empower women, teach self-defense, by Breanna West, The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, Feb. 2019
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Different types of Art, by Alan Rosenbaum, The Jerusalem Post, Nov. 2018
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Empowerment Self Defense, by Nancy Jane Moore, Book View Cafe, Aug. 2018
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El Halev leads the way in women's empowerment self-defense, by Elana Sztokman, JewFem.com, Nov. 2016
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In ‘Earthquake’ for Israeli Feminists, Military Cancels Promotion for Alleged Rapist, by Elana Sztokman, The Forward, Mar. 2016
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The (martial) art of empowering women, by Leviah Landau, The Times of Israel, Nov. 2014
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Female MKs get self-defense lesson, by Neta Sela, ynet News, Apr. 2008
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Empowerment Self Defense, by Nancy Jane Moore, Book View Cafe, Aug. 2018
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El Halev leads the way in women's empowerment self-defense, by Elana Sztokman, JewFem.com, Nov. 2016
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In ‘Earthquake’ for Israeli Feminists, Military Cancels Promotion for Alleged Rapist, by Elana Sztokman, The Forward, Mar. 2016
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The (martial) art of empowering women, by Leviah Landau, The Times of Israel, Nov. 2014
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Female MKs get self-defense lesson, by Neta Sela, ynet News, Apr. 2008
ESD Global’s founder Yehudit (Yudit) Zicklin-Sidikman, leads a dedicated group of ESD practitioners who envision a world where all people have the Empowerment Self-Defense skills to protect themselves and others. Discovering ESD felt like finding a treasure chest.
~ Negar Tayyar

Books and Film:
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Risk, Failure, Play, [Book] Professor Janet O'Shea, 2018
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Beauty Wakes Up (Hebrew Adaptation of Beauty Bites Beast), Ellen Snortland, Author; Yehudit Sidikman, Contributor, 2016
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Beauty Bites Beast, [Film] Ellen Snortland, Director; Yehudit Sidikman, Executive Producer, 2015
To feel safe on a day to day basis and to know that you have tools to respond to dangerous situations is about quality of life.
~ Yehudit Sidikman