Women of the Wall

Women of the Wall call on Katz to include women in national Remembrance Day ceremony

The letter deplored that women had never had a significant role in the ceremony at the Western Wall, other than lighting the ceremonial torch.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.
A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.

High Court grills state, Jerusalem over years-long holdup at egalitarian Western Wall Plaza

The “Kotel Agreement,” a compromise approved by the government in January 2016, has been systematically pushed and held up by the government and the Jerusalem municipality.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
WOMEN OF the Wall members hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Ezrat Israel pluralistic prayer ground, 2019.

Women of the Wall attempt to smuggle Torah scroll in baby stroller, inciting clashes

One worker was taken to the hospital as a result of the clashes, who was allegedly attacked by a Women of the Wall activist.

|ByEFRAT PORSHER
ANAT HOFFMAN in tallit: Concluded a chapter, but not scaling down WoW work.

Women of the Wall's Anat Hoffman, wired to fight for pluralism

WoW board chairwoman Anat Hoffman has battled for 35 years for women’s right to pray and read the Torah at the Western Wall. At 70, she carries on the fight from her less stressful Haifa community.

|ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY

Two Women of the Wall activists detained during Elul service

Women of the Wall said that in light of the serial harassment during their monthly prayer services, they “came prepared today with female bodyguards trained in conflict management and de-escalation.

AUGUST 12, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Members of "Women of the Wall" pray with a Torah scroll during a monthly prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City July 24, 2017

Women of the Wall activists attacked, prayerbook burned

"Yes, Jews did this to other Jews. When will we learn that we are stronger together?"

JULY 13, 2018BySAMUEL THROPE
MEMBERS OF Women of the Wall pray at the Kotel.

July 4, 2018: Step too far

Our readers weigh in.

JULY 3, 2018ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Don’t Pen Me In

JUNE 15, 2018ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
The Jerusalem Post

Women of the Wall threatened with ban

Women of the Wall members are routinely harassed by women protesting their presence, and have been physically and verbally assaulted during their prayer services.

JUNE 6, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
MEMBERS OF Women of the Wall pray at the Kotel.

Are you on the list?

MAY 21, 2018ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
The Jerusalem Post

Women of the Wall threatened with ban from Western Wall

The NGO was accused of ignoring police and court instructions.

MAY 15, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Women of the Wall and veteran paratroopers in New Month prayers beside the Western Wall security checkpoint, October 20, 2017.

AG recognizes ‘constitutional rights’ of non-Orthodox Jews at Western Wall

Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit has said that progressive Jewish prayer is a protected right at the prayer area at the southern end of the Western Wall.

MARCH 5, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Security guards restrain Reform rabbis from entering the Western Wall complex on November 16th.

Women of the Wail - New Women of the Wall Caricature Series

FEBRUARY 28, 2018ByDAVID GOLDENBERG
The Jerusalem Post

The High Price of Quiet

JANUARY 21, 2018ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
The Jerusalem Post