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Anat Hoffman

A member of the Women of the Wall clutches a Torah scroll cover as she is surrounded by Israeli security forces holding back protesters at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP-Maya Alleruzzo)
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A first: Israeli police protect Women of the Wall from Haredi protesters

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin and RNS November 5, 2021November 8, 2021

In a historic first, hundreds of Israeli police actively protected Women of the Wall against thousands of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters when the multi-denominational Jewish women’s prayer group prayed at the […]

Screenshot from an ad by the right-wing United Torah Judaism party that appeared to compare Reform Jewish converts to dogs. (Screenshot)
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Dogs, death and ‘clowns’: Israeli Orthodox politicians are again attacking Reform Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 4, 2021
Anat Hoffman (center) with Rabbi Beth Singer (left) of San Francsico's Congregation Emanu-El at a monthly Women of the Wall service in Jerusalem
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Israeli religious freedom warrior Anat Hoffman coming to Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 21, 2018September 20, 2018
hoffman is wearing a talit and being carried by two police officers away from the wall
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The Kotel controversy is a plot to bring Jewish pluralism to Israel

Rabbi Avi Shafran by Rabbi Avi Shafran June 30, 2017June 30, 2017

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