Wailing wall
Jewish Agency Calls for Western Wall Compromise
A Jewish Agency committee has adopted a resolution calling for a “satisfactory approach” to prayer at the Western Wall.
Flash Mob Calls for Israel Religious Tolerance
More than 2,500 people signed up to participate in a global Shema flash mob as part of a campaign to promote religious pluralism in Israel.
Leaders Must Speak Out on Wailing Wall Arrest
Reform leader Anat Hoffman was detained and mistreated for praying at the Wailing Wall. Imagine our outrage if a Jew were treated that way for praying in, say, Russia or Venezuela.
Liberal Jews Galvanized by Wailing Wall Arrest
Last week’s episode was hardly the first time Israeli police stopped activist Anat Hoffman while she was leading a women’s prayer service at the Western Wall in violation of Israeli law.
Reform Leaders Demand Wailing Wall Arrest Probe
Reform Jewish leaders are calling for an investigation following reports that an Israeli colleague was roughed up by police after leading a women’s prayer group at the Western Wall.
ADL Slams Replica Wailing Wall as 'Affront'
The Anti-Defamation League described a plan by evangelical pastors in Kansas to build a replica of the Western Wall as part of an anti-abortion shrine as “an outrageous affront to the Jewish people.”
The Anti-Abortion 'Wailing Wall'
Naomi Zeveloff has a story in this week’s Forward about a full-size replica of the Western Wall in the works in Wichita, Kansas targeted towards women who have had abortions.
The Wrong Symbol
FORWARD EDITORIAL: The Western Wall is a symbol of Judaism and our tie to Jerusalem. Pro-life activists’ effort to coopt it perverts that narrative.
Replica of Western Wall Planned in Kansas
Anti-abortion activists hope to erect a full-sized model of the Western Wall, framed with crosses, in Wichita. Jews say the replica is offensive and should never be built.
Holy Land as Theme Park
Crossposted From Under the Fig Tree