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Tag: Women Of The Wall

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Surprise! Another Side to the Story // Jumpy journalists could use summer school

Avi Shafran in Ami · 30 Aug 2023

In this article, the author discusses two incidents where the media reported allegations against Orthodox Jews without verifying the facts.

0 Jewish Law Gender/Identity

Despite a victorious court ruling, women are still second-class citizens at the Western Wall

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 26 Jul 2023

Despite a recent court ruling in their favor, women at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, exemplified by the group Women of the Wall, still face challenges in attaining equal prayer rights.

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After violent clashes between Haredi and progressive women at the Western Wall, Rachel Cohen Yeshurun isn't giving up the fight

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 17 May 2022

This episode discusses Rachel Cohen Yeshurun's advocacy for women's rights to pray at the Western Wall with Women of the Wall amidst ongoing opposition from Haredi protesters.

0 Israel Gender/Identity

Ungoverning the Western Wall

Yuval Jobani in Jewish Review of Books · 15 Mar 2019

The last thirty years have seen ongoing tensions at the Western Wall between Women of the Wall, advocating for women's prayer rights, and haredi Jews resisting changes to traditional practices.

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Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Blames 220-Pound Boulder Dislodged From Western Wall on Egalitarian ‘Quarrel-Mongers’

Liel Leibovitz in Tablet · 24 Jul 2018

Jerusalem's deputy mayor, Dov Kalmanovich, attributed the recent falling of a 220-pound boulder from the Western Wall near an egalitarian prayer site to what he calls "quarrel-mongers" like Reform leaders and Women of the Wall, suggesting the incident is a divine warning against them.