The History of Prayer at the Western Wall
This information is from an archaeologist at The Kotel. The beginning of regular prayers along The Kotel instead of on Har HaBayit (the Temple Mount) apparently starts 360 CE (Byzantium)…
Women For the Wall Condemns the Threats Sent to the Chief Rabbis over the Women of the Wall Controversy
JERUSALEM, June 3, 2013 – Women for the Wall, a grassroots organization committed to preserving the sanctity of the Kotel strongly condemns the threat of violence against the Chief Rabbis…
What The Kotel Means To Me
Ronit Peskin writes a letter to the Women of the Wall and their supporters, sharing what the kotel means to her, and inviting others to share what the kotel represents…
Another WoW Member Admits- This is Politics
Jewish Journal: Why did you join Women of the Wall? Stav Shaffir: This struggle is not only about the equal right for women to pray. It is a much wider…
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
by Jonathan Rosenblum Published in Mishpacha, 5/21/13 A member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America once remarked to me that things would be going splendidly in our world were…
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