Daily Briefing Jul 5: Western Wall fracas; exclusive National Security Council study

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Political correspondent Tal Schneider and Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today’s episode.

A gunman on a rooftop in Chicago’s Highland Park neighborhood opened fire on a Fourth of July parade yesterday, killing six and wounding dozens. Gross updates us on what we currently know about the victims.

Schneider brings an exclusive report on a study conducted by Israel’s National Security Council that concluded that the country must include more women in decision-making capacities. We hear why that’s probably not going to happen.

In videos that are burning up Israeli social media, Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli is seen dancing with United Torah Judaism’s leader Moshe Gafni’s granddaughter in the women’s section of the latter’s wedding. We hear why the sex-segregated dancing images are problematic for the leaders of both parties.

Late last week, a fracas ensued at the pluralistic pavilion next to the Western Wall as three families attempted to conduct egalitarian bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies. Gross explains how the State of Israel let these American families down.