Women of the Wall

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.

 WOMEN OF the Wall members hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Ezrat Israel pluralistic prayer ground, 2019.
 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

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Empowering women: Israel's Knesset hosts special conference for International Women's Day

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Women of the Wall accused of violating coronavirus restrictions

Women of the Wall attacked at Western Wall, suspect arrested

The Western Wall plaza has been divided into prayer sections to comply with restrictions on gathering outside. May 05, 2020

A time to take a look within

“That’s it?” I thought to myself. How could it be that this crowd of seminary girls, yeshiva boys, and photographers are so inflamed about a few women coming to pray at the Western Wall?

WOMEN OF THE Wall dance with a Torah scroll at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Women of the Wall to resume prayers at the Western Wall

CEO of Women of the Wall said that one can only imagine how the Western Wall would be perceived by every Jewish person from Israel and from the diaspora, had the Kotel compromise gone through.

WOMEN OF THE Wall dance with a Torah scroll at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

The split between the ultra-orthodox and secular Jews must be repaired

An open letter to the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

Bike-riders and synagogue-goers. ‘I don’t really miss doing the full ultra-Orthodox Yom Kippur because I don’t really feel the need to check off all the boxes or anything. For me it’s more important to just commemorate the day and have the feel of Yom Kippur,’ says Dovid.

Women of the Wall write a letter in protest of Arye Deri's decision

The organization expressed great concern about the decision, despite "the pain caused by leaving the Western Wall empty for the first time in the State of Israel's history."

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

Well-behaved women seldom make history

Our presence as women in the public sphere is something that was not always taken for granted. It is the result of the determination of “provocative” women.

WOMEN OF THE Wall dance with a Torah scroll at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Seven years after my arrest, Israel is still in religious handcuffs

It was a crime of passion – prayer. I had been praying at the Western Wall with Women of the Wall, wearing a tallit exactly as I had since my bat mitzvah.

‘I HAD been praying at the Western Wall with Women of the Wall, wearing a tallit exactly as I had since my bat mitzvah.’

Women of the Western Wall: Holy places Rabbi stole our Torah scroll

Neither men or women are allowed to bring Torah scrolls to the Western Wall, but men are given access to Torah scrolls present on the site whereas women are not.

Yochi Rappeport-Zierler (center) at a Women of the Wall prayer service at the Western Wall

Women of the Wall call out female MKs over segregated Hanukkah candle lighting

A Jewish and democratic country must allow for full and equal representation and inclusion of women in all public religious events.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lighting a candle for the first night of Hanukkah

Women of the Wall reach out to Rabbi Rabinowitz… who doesn’t reply

Women of the Wall’s monthly prayer services at the women’s section of the Western Wall are routinely met with hostile jeering, screaming, whistling and other forms of harassment.

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall, poses for a photo in front of the holy site