Israel’s Supreme Court rules in favour of women’s prayer at Kotel
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of women being allowed to read from the Torah in the women’s section at the Western Wall. It also declared that an egalitarian prayer near Robinson’s Arch doesn’t constitute access to the holy site.
Thousands mark fast of Tisha b’Av at Western Wall
Thousands of worshippers marked the fast of Tisha b’Av at the Western Wall.
Problems at the Kotel
Israel’s coalition government appears at odds with itself as to how to move forward regarding egalitarian prayer at the Kotel, writes Yoni Goldstein
Attempting to pray at Temple Mount, Jewish visitors beaten, ejected
Muslim worshippers attacked two Jewish men on the Temple Mount on Tuesday after the Jews bowed in prayer in violation of the visiting rules
This is my Kotel
There is much more to the recent decision allowing prayer at the Western Wall than the status of Women of the Wall, says Rabbi Jennifer Gorman
A sense of wonder at the Kotel
We can find in everyday prayer a sense of touching something outside ourselves. Maybe only occasionally, but when it happens we know it. How much more so at the Western Wall
The end of Israel’s religious establishment?
Rabbis can persuade, educate and cajole, but they cannot impose their views on the wider public. And in Israel, as Jewish society changes, so will the rabbinate.
Recognizing pluralism at the Wall a good first step
To exclude anyone from praying meaningfully at the Kotel is wrong
Netanyahu rejects statements from Israeli leaders condemning liberal Jews
Remarks from Israeli lawmakers come in wake of agreement to create non-Orthodox prayer section at the Western Wall
Israel announces historic compromise to end Western Wall prayer fight
Israel has approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western Wall, putting to rest the fight between Women of the Wall and Israel’s haredi Orthodox religious establishment
