Women of the Wall

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.

 A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.
 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

 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


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

Despite heckling, Women of the Wall finish prayers at Kotel's women's section

Several religious women told the "Post" that they are missing the point of praying at the Western Wall.

Women of the Wall read the Torah while praying in the women's section of the Kotel plaza

The political is personal, too

A note left in the cracks of the Western Wall; a few worshippers braved the cold to pray there.

What’s the big deal with the Western Wall?

About 10 million people visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City every year, and yet among the questions I am asked most frequently is, “Why do you care so much about the Kotel?”

A charming moment by the Kotel.

Women of the Wall appoint liberal Orthodox director

Yochi Rappeport-Zierler says she hopes that WOWs goals will be realized in next ten years, hopes to change perception of organization and of pluralist Judaism in Israel during her tenure.

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

The ‘Four Daughters’ within me

How I grew from the one who doesn’t know to ask to the wise one.

Women of the Wall celebrating their 30th anniversary

The ‘Four Daughters’ within me

How I grew from the one who doesn’t know to ask to the wise one

The Passover Hagada from the Guenzburg collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books is pictured at the Russian State Library in Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017.

Where is the respect at the Kotel?

The Kotel

‘Three weddings and a statement’ challenges Chief Rabbinate on marriage

Three Israeli couples are being married in a synagogue in Washington, D.C. March 26 in protest of their own country, whose Chief Rabbinate will not allow them to marry.

Couples kiss during a mass wedding at coastal city of Larnaca

U.S. Muslim activist saddened by conflict over Women of the Wall

Soraya Deen was in Israel to take part in anniversary celebrations by Women of the Wall, but was caught up in altercation during their prayer service.

AN ARAB woman walks past a Jewish couple at the Western Wall