Tag Archive: Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall to Hold Historic Service at Western Wall
The Western Wall’s first all-women priestly blessing will cap a recent string of victories for religious freedom.
“All We Want Is To Be Free In Our Own Country:” An Interview with Anat Hoffman
Women of the Wall founder Anat Hoffman draws on her decades of struggle for women’s rights and a better Israel.
Western Wall Rabbi Apologizes to Woman Wearing Kippa by Kotel
Following demands by Women of the Wall, the Western Wall Rabbi has issued an apology to a woman barred entry from the Kotel for wearing a kippa.
Fault Lines
The fault-line that is shaking Israel runs deep under the ocean, and it is contributing to the tectonic shifts that are now rattling the landscape of the American Jewish community.
Major Conference on Gynecology Excludes Women
NIF is at the forefront of a campaign against a conference on innovations in gynecology, which will exclude women speakers. The Puah Institute, which helps couples with fertility, medicine, and Jewish law, held its 13th national conference in Jerusalem this week, with the theme “Innovations in Gynecology and Halachah: Judgments, Dilemmas and Challenges.” In previous years, female experts were barred from speaking at the annual conference, leading many doctors to cancel their participation in protest. This year, the Puah Institute refused to reveal the list of speakers, presumably in an attempt to stave off criticism regarding its exclusion of women.
Profile: Roni Hazon Weiss
Roni Hazon Weiss has had a fascinating journey to become one Jerusalem’s leading religious feminist activists. Born and raised in a modern Orthodox family in Maaleh Adumim, and active in Bnei Akiva, her first turning point came when she studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum, one of the pioneers of Talmud study for women.