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." ...

IDF lone soldiers mark bar and bat mitzvah at Western Wall, including some family surprises

The event was organized by Ach Gadol (Big Brother for Lone Soldiers), a nonprofit that provides one-on-one mentorship and ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

Progressive Jews sound alarm over bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Diaspora leaders warn criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Wall will exclude many from Judaism's holiest site, violating World Zionist Organization resolutions The post Progressive Jews sound ...
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The Western Wall: Defending Jewish identity against Reformism

Heritage Minister Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu issues strong critique of the Reform movement’s stance on Israel and the Supreme ...

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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israel’s highest court rebukes government for blocking egalitarian prayer at Western Wall

"The court is ordering an end to the foot-dragging," Reform Movement attorneys say a decade after a deal to expand egalitarian prayer was struck.
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Netanyahu nixes ministerial vote on bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Justice minister calls on MKs to vote in favor, coalition whip receives PM's permission to give MKs freedom to vote freely on ...
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The Western Wall brouhaha can be solved easily

The legal status of the Kotel — among a list of other holy sites (e.g., Maarat Hamachpelah– the burial cave of the matriarchs ...