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What’s Wrong with Women of the Wall?

by Ronit Peskin “What’s wrong with Women of the Wall? Why shouldn’t they be able to pray as they wish, according to their custom?” The Women of the Wall have…

W4W to WOW: Don’t use Torah Scroll “to Protest”

WOMEN FOR THE WALL: “THE TORAH TRANSCENDS ALL DIFFERENCES” Call for WOW not to use Torah Scroll “to Protest” JERUSALEM, Israel, August 4 — In advance of the first day…

The Women of the Wall’s Collateral Damage

by Leah Aharoni Religious freedom and women’s rights are cherished values for us all. It is immoral to manipulate these feelings on an issue that has nothing to do with…

JTA: At Western Wall, showdown between two women’s groups

The biggest group on hand that morning was a crowd of some 5,000 to 7,000 young women standing silently in the women’s prayer area, far from the brouhaha and inaudible…

Feminism Has Gotten Me Confused

by Ronit Peskin A recent piece by Women of the Wall, ironically named “The High Road at the Western Wall” really pained me. Instead of “taking the high road”, what…