The Women of the Wall (WoW) organization will on Thursday, 21 Teves, host a “Tefilla gathering” at the Kosel beginning at 7:00AM. The timing is no coincidence, marking almost a year since the January 31, 2016 decision by the government to permit the egalitarian prayer area near the Kosel, a decision which has yet to be implemented. WoW officials point out that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is to blame for backing down amid growing chareidi party threats including a coalition crisis.
WoW officials add the High Court of Justice interim order was issued on January 11, 2017, compelling the government to explain why the decision hasn’t yet been implemented.
The WoW statement adds “The Prime Minister has an obligation to implement the vision of equality for women at the Kosel and to actively take the necessary steps to get there, to permit Jewish women interested in davening at the Kosel to also have Torah laining”.
“The Kosel is a public venue, where women are discriminated against daily by the rav of the Kosel and persons from the Kotel Heritage Foundation in contradiction to the basic tenets of a democratic society”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The Kosel is a public venue, where women are discriminated against daily. does Wow say the same for the women’s bathroom?
I don’t understand why the Reform men don’t feel discriminated against. Don’t they want to do all the mitzvos that only women can do? I hope they protest that too.
THE KOSEL IS NOT A PUBLIC VENUE, IT IS A HOLY VENUE AS HASHEM’S SHECHINA RESIDES THERE>
STOP ANNOYING US, w o w!
There is another group of real women fighting these retards.
They are the Women for the Wall… why not quote them?
David