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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Women of the Wall

Jews pray for the army's success in the war against Hamas and the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on January 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 11, 2024, 4:52 pm
‘Impoverished, broken and in pain’: Thousands at Western Wall mass prayer for hostages
With 100 days of captivity fast approaching for abductees, crowds seek their salvation through God
By Canaan Lidor
Jerusalem Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar praying for forgiveness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 25, 2022, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 12:46 pm
High Court: State must explain why it hasn’t disciplined Jerusalem chief rabbi
Court gives government 21 days to respond regarding lack of action over Shlomo Amar’s comments disparaging Reform Jews, LGBTQ community, Women of the Wall
By ToI Staff
Members of the Women of the Wall, Conservative and Reform Movements hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, March 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 6:48 pm
Court bans Torah bag searches at Western Wall, in limited win for Women of the Wall
Ruling nonetheless reaffirms that attendants at holy site may enforce rules preventing women from using scripture in ‘unauthorized ways’ once they enter complex
By Canaan Lidor
Ofri Meoded Danon and his mother celebrate his bar mitzvah at the egalitarian plaza of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel in May 2023. (Courtesy of Meoded Danon)
June 23, 2023, 9:56 am
Red tape keeps non-Orthodox worshipers a stone’s throw from the Western Wall
5 years after stone collapse at holy site, authorities have yet to reopen access to Wall at egalitarian section; religious activists argue delay is deliberate
By Canaan Lidor
The mixed prayer area outside the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem's Old City on August 25, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 2:40 am
US urges Israel to advance frozen deal for Western Wall egalitarian space
Diplomat’s tweet appears to be first time Biden administration weighs in on issue, which has been major source of tension in Israel-Disaspora ties
By Jacob Magid
Reform rabbis and supporters of Women of the Wall march to the Western Wall with a sign protesting a bill that would criminalize women wearing prayer shawls at the holy site, on February 22, 2023. (Central Conference of American Rabbis)
February 22, 2023, 11:28 am
Reform rabbis assailed as they try to bring Torah scrolls to women at Western Wall
Members of the Noam party’s youth movement overrun holy site’s egalitarian section, are escorted out by police
By Judah Ari Gross
A view of the egalitarian plaza, often referred to as 'Robinson's Arch,' at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on December 30, 2021. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
February 17, 2023, 12:50 am
Government tells High Court it still plans to improve Western Wall egalitarian plaza
Responding to multiple court petitions, state says it is working to implement long-stalled, six-year-old cabinet decision, angering both liberal and conservative groups
By Judah Ari Gross
People gather to hear a reading of the Book of Lamentations at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall on August 6, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
February 9, 2023, 5:07 pm
Amid furor, PM shelves bill that would criminalize mixed prayer at Western Wall
Nixing egalitarian prayer area, Shas proposal provided for jail terms or fines for mixed-gender prayer, immodest clothing; Netanyahu: ‘It won’t come up right now; status quo stays’
By Ash Obel and Michael Bachner
A boy reads from the Torah as part of his barmitzvah at the Western Wall's egalitarian section in Jerusalem on November 17, 2022. (Egalitarian section/Facebook)
February 9, 2023, 1:43 pm
Coalition bill would ban mixed prayer anywhere at Western Wall, nix egalitarian plaza
Legislation sets jail term for mixed-gender prayer, immodest clothing, criminalizes Women of Wall activity; amid outrage, PM says bill ‘won’t come up right now,’ status quo to stay
By Michael Bachner
Labor MK and Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv holds up a Torah scroll in the women's section of the Western Wall on December 25, 2022. (Hila Shiloni/Women of the Wall)
December 25, 2022, 11:32 am
Reform rabbi MK brings Torah scroll to women’s section of Western Wall, drawing ire
Labor lawmaker Kariv defends his move, which comes as ultra-Orthodox parties seek to outlaw female-led services at the Jerusalem holy site
By Judah Ari Gross
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides attends a Hanukkah candle lighting at the egalitarian plaza of the Western Wall in Jerusalem on December 20, 2022.(Reform Movement in Israel)
December 20, 2022, 11:25 pm
US envoy Nides attends Reform candle lighting at Western Wall’s egalitarian plaza
Gantz heckled at ceremony in men’s section of plaza, drawing condemnation from Haredi party leader; Women of the Wall hold their own lighting, lamenting exclusion from main event
By Judah Ari Gross and Jacob Magid
Members of Women of the Wall gather around a Torah scroll the group smuggled in for their Rosh Hodesh prayers marking the new month at the Western Wall, where women are forbidden from reading from the Torah, December 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
December 8, 2022, 11:16 am
Haredi party said to demand law banning all non-Orthodox prayer at Western Wall
Reform movement and Women of the Wall come out fiercely against proposal to nix all mixed-gender services at the holy site, including in its egalitarian section
By Judah Ari Gross
From left, Tamar Gottlieb, Yochi Rappeport, Anna Kislanski, Rakefet Ginsberg, and Orly Erez-Likhovski, pose for a photograph in court on December 4, 2022. (Courtesy/Women of the Wall)
December 4, 2022, 1:46 pm
Ultra-Orthodox news website apologizes, will pay fine for blurring faces of women
Behadrei Haredim outlet reaches deal with 5 women after Reform movement’s Israel Religious Action Center sues over coverage of a meeting between Jewish leaders and President Herzog
By Judah Ari Gross
MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen arguing with police as Women of the Wall hold prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 13, 2022, 7:00 pm
Women of the Wall group urges Netanyahu not to appoint Ben Gvir as police minister
Organization that holds controversial monthly women’s prayers at Western Wall says far-right MK is unfit for the job due to his repeated ‘harassment and incitement’ at the site
By ToI Staff
Women read from a Torah at the Western Wall on July 20, 2022. (Noga Tarnopolsky via JTA)
July 29, 2022, 8:18 pm
Braving protesters, US girl holds bat mitzvah with Women of the Wall activists
Lucia da Silva celebrates milestone despite catcalls and commotion during monthly Women of the Wall reading for Rosh Hodesh; no arrests reported
By Noga Tarnopolsky
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