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Western Wall

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)
Posted inNews

Ceding to religious right, Israeli leaders table plan for egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 13, 2021
Nachman Shai, Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs (center) takes part in a panel discussion at Manhattan's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue with Elliot Cosgrove, senior rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue (left), and Lori Koffman, director of content and innovation at Park Avenue Synagogue, Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

In New York, Israeli minister promises progress on Western Wall’s non-Orthodox prayer space

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA December 9, 2021
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)
Posted inNews

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
Worshippers at the Western Wall pray in enclosed areas meant for 10 people at a time in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, March 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Jews may not be able to visit the Western Wall — but they can still have their prayers placed there

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
Women of Wall executive director Yochi Rappeport outside an Israeli police station with “Rudy’s Torah” after it was returned January 13, 2020.
Posted inNorthern California

After outcry, Sacramento Torah confiscated at Western Wall is released

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn January 15, 2020January 21, 2020
(From left) Susan Marx, Jane Jusel and Rabbi Pam Frydman at a Women of the Wall service in November, 2015 (Photo/file)
Posted inUncategorized

Our terrifying morning at the Kotel for Women of the Wall’s 30th anniversary

Rabbi Pam Frydman by Rabbi Pam Frydman March 28, 2019April 2, 2019
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
Posted inNews

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
Israel’s nation-state law prompted liberal criticism, while defenders called it a statement of the obvious. (Photo/May Golan-Flickr; illustration by Charles Dunst-JTA)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s Nationality Law disrespects diaspora Jews

Rabbi Ariel Picard by Rabbi Ariel Picard August 7, 2018August 13, 2018
A group of Reform Jews reading Torah during a mixed prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Building a Reform movement in Israel

Yonatan Melamed by Yonatan Melamed April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
Eden Luvishis (right) with fellow travelers in Israel
Posted inIsrael at 70

Darkness of Poland gives way to spiritual light of Israel

Eden Luvishis by Eden Luvishis April 11, 2018April 11, 2018

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