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13 years after my arrest at the Kotel, the threat to egalitarian prayer there is growing

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin reflects on her 2013 arrest at the Western Wall for participating in egalitarian prayer, emphasizing the ongoing struggle for worship rights at this Jewish holy site. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Western WallReform JudaismConservative JudaismDiaspora JewsWomen Of The WallEgalitarian PrayerReligious InclusivityIsraeli LegislationOrthodox ControlPrayer Rights

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I have invested in a home in northern Israel."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Thirteen years ago, on the morning of Rosh Chodesh Adar, I was detained at the Kotel."
Canada
"as a rabbi serving the largest Conservative synagogue in Canada."
Iran
"and during the war with Iran."

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