Israel’s parliament moves toward ban on mixed-gender prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

Israel’s parliament has passed a preliminary reading of a bill that would put the country’s ultra-Orthodox chief rabbinate in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Bill that would effectively bar egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall advances in Israel’s Knesset

The vice chair of the World Zionist Organization said it was "a dark day in the history of Zionism and the nation-state of the Jewish people." ...

Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer

The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo ...
The Forward on MSNOpinion

You could be imprisoned for praying at the Western Wall — and Bibi isn’t stopping it

Sometimes a single episode reveals much about the big picture. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision on Sunday ...
Religion News Service on MSN

Liberal Jews denounce bill to ban non-Orthodox prayers at Western Wall

‘It literally criminalizes non-Orthodox prayer,’ said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israeli police detain Women of the Wall leaders a day after high-stakes court hearing

Judges asked why a compromise plan allowing egalitarian worship at Judaism's holy site has not been carried out.
Yahoo

'Holocaust in Gaza': Western Wall desecrated with antisemitic graffiti

Israel Police have detained a suspect who allegedly graffitied the Western Wall complex and the Great Synagogue with an antisemitic message. Antisemitic graffiti was found at several places in ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

High court tells state to advance Western Wall egalitarian plaza upgrade without further delays

Chief rabbis claim justices overstepped their authority with ruling, while Shas leader Aryeh Deri accuses them of trying to ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

Local and state government trade blame over delays upgrading Western Wall egalitarian plaza

High Court of Justice holds hearing on status of religious right at Jerusalem's holy site for first time in years, demands ...
Sun Sentinel

Elevator ‘project of kindness’ to make Western Wall more accessible

(JNS) Visitors in the Old City of Jerusalem hoping to spend time at the Western Wall—adjacent to Judaism’s most sacred site, the Temple Mount—must either descend 142 steps from the Jewish Quarter or ...
Washington Times

Elevator ‘project of kindness’ to make Western Wall more accessible

Elevator ‘project of kindness’ to make Western Wall more accessible Jews pray at the Western Wall, beside the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in ...