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Chief Rabbinate should not control Western Wall’s mixed prayer section, says AG
March 06, 2018
In a response to the High Court, government says those praying at the Robinson's arch pluralistic pavilion should be protectIn a response to the High Court, government says those praying at the Robinson's arch pluralistic pavilion should be protected by policeed by police
The Western Wall is Supposed to Unify Not Divide
February 28, 2018
The Western Wall of the Temple Mount is supposed to unify the Jewish people, not divide us. Unfortunately, there are leaders of US Conservative and Reform Jewry who are using it to cause division. This is a very sad development for the Jewish people and for Israel.
Work Begins on Pluralistic Prayer Pavilion at Kosel...
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The Israeli government began on Monday to implement a promised upgrade of the pluralistic prayer pavilion at the Kosel, to appease the Reform and Conservative movements and Women of the Wall.
Scaffolding went up on Monday near Robinson’s Arch area near the existing temporary platform, preliminary to the construction of a permanent one.
PRAYER AT THE KOTEL — A BATTLE OVER MORE THAN A MECHITZA
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On January 14th Israel’s Supreme Court met for a four-hour session regarding the issue of women’s prayer at the Western Wall. The judges sat with an expanded seven justice panel and heard petitions by five plaintiffs whose suits against the State of Israel go to the heart of what constitutes appropriate prayers and proper decorum at the Kotel and its surrounding vicinity. It was the sixth such hearing on this issue to come before the court over the past twenty years, and the first presided over by the Supreme Court’s new chief justice Esther Hayut.
Women of the Wall turn to Police
January 18, 2018
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Women of the Wall (WOW) Chairman Anat Hoffman filed a complaint this morning with the police about leaflets distributed at the Western Wall which they claim incite against them. The flyers were distributed during Rosh Hodeshprayers to passers-by at the Western Wall plaza.
Women of the Wall to court: State’s proposal is humiliating
January 14, 2018
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The Women of the Wall slammed the government’s latest proposal for a compromise on an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall during a High Court hearing on Sunday, months after the state backed out of its original commitments.
