Ubiquitin, on the other hand we say “Modim anachnu lach”. “lach” is the feminine “you”.
Winnie,
1. The point is that they are even “correcting past gender bias” in regards to animals.
2. Not only Israelis. Some Americans refer to cars as “she” as they are unpredictable (this is also why hurricanes were only named after women). BTW, there is a Hebrew version of “Who’s On First” on-line (hu is he, hi is she, mi is who, die is enough and I will add dag is fish) and there is also a video of former Major Leaguer Chin-lung Hu on First Base with the announcer saying “Hu’s on First”.