Tag: Women of the Wall

Police prepared for the monthly event, and from a law-and-order perspective it made perfect sense.

Women of the Wall plan their monthly Rosh Chodesh prayers at the Kotel the second day of the month, with a Torah scroll. It’s okay to make up rules as they go along, so long as the Orthodox don’t make the rules.

It can be argued whether the Women of the Wall are spiritual angels, but no sane person could accuse them of threatening rabbis to approve their agenda or face death. So who is behind the dirty work?

Vandals spray painted the Jerusalem home of a long-time board member of the Women of the Wall (WOW) with vicious graffiti, the first time...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Religious Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, who doubles as Finance Minister, are arguing via Facebook over the issue of a...

With all the good intention of Israel’s rabbinic leaders, how could they not see that this was going to happen?

Yes, they've won a battle, a long one at that—but the war is far from over.

If it is the sole solution to women's rights at the Kotel, an egalitarian section at the Kotel will ultimately make things harder for Orthodox feminists who are trying to assert their rights within a Halachic framework.

Police appeal rejected, women’s prayer does not disturb public order, does not violate the law.

Public protests of the expansion of the Robinson's Arch area for egalitarian prayer would only generate more enmity.

Judge Sharon Larry Bavly stated that there was no cause for arresting the women.

WOW threaten our very right to the Land.

Meretz MKs Tamar Zandberg and Michal Rozin attended the ceremony.

They will be joined by MKs Tamara Zandberg and Michal Rozin.

Sharansky says the Western Wall is long enough for women to have their own minyan and Torah reading. The Women of the Wall leader accepts the compromise. Will the Rabbinate big enough to agree?

Israel’s Haredi rabbis continue to make a mockery of themselves and of Judaism by pressing to arrest women for saying the mourner’s prayer at the Kotel. Sharansky comes to the rescue.

Some 30 percent of the women were Israeli Modern Orthodox.

Things have been rather quiet of late during the prayers.

A women’s Megillah reading at the Western Wall took place on Shushan Purim without incident or arrests on Monday, the day after most of...

Purim is an upside-down holiday, but Women of the Wall Rabbi Silverman takes the cake. She calls the Knesset Achasverous, a wicked goy, and suffers “tragedy” for her regarding them as enemies.

Police have agreed to allow the niece of American comedian Sarah Silverman will be allowed to attend a women's Megillah reading at the Western...

Two Conservative rabbis were among the women arrested.

One of the paratroopers in attendance announced that, after they had liberated the Kotel, everyone was welcome to pray there.

WOW spokesperson said police behavior was "sneaky," or at least confusing, seeing as they arrested the women after they had already cleared the area.

The law prohibits "religious ceremony not according to local custom."

"Women are absolved of saying the Shma Israel – they needn't make the blessing, much more so to wear a talit and make a blessing over it."

The (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly shares remarks, photos from Yair Lapid’s address to its 2012 convention.