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Not one more dollar: An open letter I never thought I would have to write

JL;DR SUMMARY In an impassioned open letter, Tom Sudow criticizes Israeli legislation that seeks to criminalize egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall, urging Jewish organizations to withhold financial support to Israel unless the law is reconsidered. 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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TalmudWestern WallJewish PhilanthropyJewish UnityWomen's RightsReligious FreedomPluralismEgalitarian PrayerMasorti JudaismIsrael Legislation

Places mentioned

United States
"My wife, my daughter and my granddaughter could read from a Torah in any public park in the United States in front of the White House, in the Grand Canyon but they would not be permitted to do the same at the Kotel, the Western Wall?"
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"My wife, my daughter and my granddaughter could read from a Torah in any public park in the United States in front of the White House, in the Grand Canyon but they would not be permitted to do the same at the Kotel, the Western Wall?"
Jerusalem, Israel
"Are we repeating that mistake? The Talmud (Megillah 23a) states that women are theoretically eligible to be among the seven who read from the Torah, but were restricted because of kevod ha-tzibbur the honor of the congregation."

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