The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/lesley-sachs/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Lesley Sachs | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/lesley-sachs/ 32 32 Jerusalem bus ads featuring girls in prayer shawls vandalized https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-bus-ads-featuring-girls-in-prayer-shawls-vandalized/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:46:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1079808 Women of the Wall campaign aims to encourage young women to celebrate bat mitzvah at the Western Wall

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]]> Facing jeers and whistles, Women of Wall forced to back of Kotel plaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/facing-jeers-and-whistles-women-of-wall-forced-to-back-of-kotel-plaza/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:00:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=627492 Some 300 supporters of feminist prayer group hold Rosh Hodesh service in the back of the Western Wall plaza after police rule site is overcrowded

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]]> Women of the Wall denied access to Kotel https://www.timesofisrael.com/women-of-the-wall-denied-access-to-western-wall/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 07:14:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=586940 Thousands of young seminary girls crowd women's section, prompting police to prevent entry of prayer activists

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]]> WATCH: Women of the Wall pray largely unimpeded https://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-women-of-the-wall-pray-largely-unimpeded/ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:36:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=544090 Police section off a 'safe zone' in the women's area of the Wall in effort to avoid violence seen at last month's service

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]]> Youth arrested for asking if shooting at Women of the Wall is kosher https://www.timesofisrael.com/youth-arrested-for-asking-if-shooting-at-women-of-the-wall-is-kosher/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:51:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=541140 Yeshiva student made the inquiry on a website; Women of the Wall intend to read from Torah at next service Sunday

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]]> Court frees female activists, calls Western Wall arrests groundless https://www.timesofisrael.com/female-worshipers-released-from-custody/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:29:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=454784 Judge rejects police request to bar the female worshipers from Western Wall for three months; Wall rabbi says the Women of the Wall 'fueling hatred'

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]]> Five female worshipers detained at Western Wall https://www.timesofisrael.com/four-female-worshippers-detained-at-western-wall/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:27:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=454150 'Israel is the only place in the world where Jewish women are arrested for praying,' MK complains; Netanyahu weighing proposal for egalitarian section at holy site

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]]> Sharansky’s new Western Wall prayer area ‘could take years to implement’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/sharanskys-new-western-wall-prayer-area-could-take-years-to-implement/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:46:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=452984 Netanyahu said weighing idea of egalitarian section at holy site, but Women of the Wall director fears plan might never come to fruition, urges MKs to change current regulations

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]]> Paratroopers of ’67 protect Women of the Wall ’13 https://www.timesofisrael.com/paratroopers-of-1967-protect-women-of-the-wall-2013/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:46:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=370468 Four veterans of the battle for Jerusalem ensured a monthly female prayer service, complete with prayer shawls, went ahead undisturbed at the Western Wall for the first time in 24 years. Then the former fighters departed, and the women were arrested

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]]> With Western Wall unity crumbling, a refusenik hopes to meld women’s rights and tradition https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-western-wall-unity-crumbling-a-refusenik-hopes-to-meld-womens-rights-and-tradition/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:30:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=336324 Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky is drafted to find solution for women who want to pray at wall without restrictions

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]]> Fight for women’s equality at the Western Wall fails to move secular Israelis https://www.timesofisrael.com/fight-for-womens-equality-at-the-western-wall-fails-to-move-secular-israelis/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:49:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=325410 Although Netanyahu has requested to review policies at holy site, prayer restrictions rank near the bottom of a long list of church-state issues

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]]> Women arrested at Western Wall while ‘praying for peace in the south’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/women-arrested-at-kotel-while-praying-for-peace-in-the-south/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:10:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=282098 Six worshipers held by police for wearing prayer shawls during services for the new month

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