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US Jewish movements ‘outraged’ by Israeli PM’s decision to quash Western Wall deal
By Yonat Shimron — January 31, 2022
(RNS) — The prime minister said members of his right-wing Yamina Party opposed the plan, which would expand the current mixed-gender section of the Western Wall and create a joint management committee with leaders of the Conservative and Reform movements.
Orthodox high school girls bused to Western Wall to drown out feminist prayers
By Yonat Shimron — February 27, 2017
(RNS) Opposition to a government plan to turn a site at the Western Wall into an official, government-funded pluralistic prayer space is mounting.
Israel’s High Court orders Western Wall rabbi to explain why women can’t pray
By Michele Chabin — January 11, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) The feminists’ legal challenge argued that the rabbi’s directive 'violates Israeli law against discrimination in access to or use of public property.'
Orthodox Jews attempt to reclaim part of Western Wall where other Jews pray
By Yonat Shimron — January 3, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Israeli Cabinet voted last year to turn Robinson’s Arch into a government-funded space for more liberal streams of Judaism, but Orthodox Jews are resisting the measure.
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