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In the last two years, the Western Wall in Jerusalem — also known as the Kotel — has become a place of controversy as much as of worship. It’s the site of a battle that has long been waged by a group called Women of the Wall, who are demanding they be able to pray in the women’s section wearing tallits — Jewish prayer shawls — and also be permitted to read from the Torah, rights that the rabbi of the Kotel, backed by the police, wouldn’t give them.
This week in power: WoW scuffling, IRS scandal, Newseum, Shavuot message
State, Religion, and Women of the Wall- an Interview with MK Stav Shaffir
Confidence in Obama, Support for WOW: 3 Comments on 2 Polls
May 10, 2013
The True State of the Western Wall Compromise
May 6, 2013
The Kotel Exchange- Part 2: Is the Western Wall Compromise an Opportunity?
April 29, 2013
The Kotel Exchange- Part 1:‘We Will Not Learn to Live Together by Further Exclusion of Women’
April 26, 2013
Why Today’s Western Wall Court Decision is a Blessing, a Problem, and a Blessing
April 23, 2013
Bat Mitzvah at the Kotel: Is it possible?
Every week, dozens of bar mitzvah boys from Israel and the Diaspora celebrate their rite of passage at the Kotel, also known as the Western Wall, which, after the Temple Mount, is Judaism’s holiest site.
Women of the Wall: In the Interim
Asking Netanyahu for a Down Payment on the Kotel Deal
Women of the Wall Agree To Historic Plan - A Victory for Religious Pluralism and Democracy in Israel
April 12, 2013
This week in power: Carter, Sharansky proposal, Yom Hashoah, Antisemitism study
April 11, 2013
Victory at the Wall?
There comes a time in any successful movement for change or reform for cashing in, and it is often a time of crisis. Getting so close to achieving a goal, one has to struggle with two challenges: the temptation to overreach — and pass on a deal that might be the best realistic one — and the difficulty of having to accept the less glorious (and more mundane) missions of a reformed reality.
April 10, 2013
Responding to Allegations of ‘Totalitarianism’ and to Other Saner Remarks About my Kotel Story
The Unholy Alliance Between The Chief Rabbi of the Wall and the Jerusalem Police
Anat Hoffman Might Be on the Verge of Becoming a Jewish Hero
The Women of the Wall and the Dictator
Police: Women prohibited from saying Kaddish at Western Wall
Women will be prohibited from saying the Mourner's Kaddish and other prayers at the Western Wall, Jerusalem police told Women of the Wall.
With the help of Knesset members, Women of the Wall get to pray
If ever there were a gathering of Women of the Wall that was going to spark a wider conflict, Tuesday’s would have been the one.
American Jews protest in solidarity with Women of the Wall
American Jews held solidarity rallies in a variety of U.S. cities to protest Israeli limitations on women's prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
February 11, 2013
Ten women arrested at Western Wall for praying with prayer shawls
Ten women participating in a women's prayer service with hundreds of worshippers and supporters at the Western Wall were arrested for wearing prayer shawls.
A Funny Thing Happened at the Kotel
A realistic goal for the good Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall and supporters: you have four options to choose from
Despite mounting criticism, Western Wall remains in haredi Orthodox hands
Sitting in his office 20 feet above the Western Wall Plaza, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz is unperturbed by the simmering tensions below.
This week from Israel
Women of the Wall head arrested for singing at Western Wall
Jerusalem police arrested the leader of Women of the Wall for singing at the Western Wall.
Shame at the Holiest Site in Judaism
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It’s amazing the kind of stuff you hear when you just ask. At a family wedding last weekend in Montreal, I caught up with some relatives and heard family stories worthy of a mystery thriller.
Jessica Fishman’s Sad Story and the Threat to Israel’s Civil Society
Israel closes Jerusalem holy compound footbridge
Israel on Monday closed a footbridge it deemed unsafe at Jerusalem's holiest and most volatile religious site after fears that demolition of the structure, used mainly by non-Muslim tourists, could spark Arab anger.
Standing Up for Women’s Rights in Israel
A Brief Encounter: Finding My Grandfather in Israel
Tisha B’Av at the Western Wall
Diverse trio running for mayor in troubled Jerusalem
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A rabbi, a Russian oligarch and a high-tech millionaire are running for mayor of Jerusalem. Except there's no punch line, just each of them offering up himself as salvation for the hallowed capital's many troubles.
MUSIC VIDEO: Ori Murray—‘Rosh Hashanah Rap’
The Matrix, the Kotel, the Days of Awe are all linked in this music video from Ori Murray shot in Jerusalem.
VIDEO: Jewish Americans for Obama
Jewish friends, colleagues and supporters from Chicago say Barack Obama's Yiddishe neshumah -- Jewish soul -- makes him the right candidate. Official campaign video.
Yeshiva student apologizes, Obama’s prayer returned to Western Wall
. . . and the Rabbi in charge of the Kotel says the publication of the note was wrong
Obama's note at the Western Wall asks for God's guidance [VIDEO]
. . . and the Rabbi in charge of the Kotel says the publication of the note was wrong
Antonio’s ‘touch,’ Fairfax grads, Beta Israel
" . . .I cannot believe that the front page of The Jewish Journal has a picture of the Los Angeles mayor touching the sacred wall and your headline in large yellow letters, "Touched." I think looking closer at the picture you will see a man to his left with an expression of "What in the world do we have here?" or is it just plain amazement, like the one I had in seeing this picture. . . ."
Women fight for equal Western Wall rights, Democrats for Israel leader moves up
Should women have equal prayer rights at the Kotel? It's a question of profound religious, spiritual and political complexities that a new documentary, "Praying in Her Own Voice," by filmmaker Yael Katzir, dares to ask but doesn't attempt to answer.
From security to the environment — L.A. and Israel exchange ideas
Last week's emotion-packed visit to Sderot by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with a delegation of senior city officials, leaders of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Israel Leadership Club and several Los Angeles clergy might have received much of the trip's media coverage during the group's weeklong stay in Israel. However, it's the meetings between city and Israeli experts in homeland security, counterterrorism and green technology that could have a significant effect on the way Los Angeles and Israel protect their citizens, institutions and natural resources.
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Pushing Each Other’s Buttons
Predictably, it happened again. Conservative and Reform Jews choseto demonstrate their right to worship at the Kotel in their way, menand women together. This time, however, the worshipers had officialclearance. But their permit did not help. Sadly, but alsopredictably, Orthodox Jews prevented them from praying in their way.Passions flared. The scene became ugly. Religious extremists,unconcerned about Torah prohibitions against striking another person,became violent. Hurt and humiliated, the non-Orthodox worshipers wereforcibly removed by the police. And, of course, the media had beenprepped. The cameras were ready. They captured the tears of thevanquished and the jeers of the violent. The angry scenes wereflashed across the world.
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