Sunday, 28 April 2013

New Women of the Wall challenge

Women seeking equal prayer rights at the Western Wall are planning a further challenge to Jewish Orthodox tradition at the site after a court ruling bolstered their cause, an activist said on Sunday.
The Women of the Wall movement hopes to have its members read from a Torah (holy scriptures) scroll at the Jerusalem site, a ritual reserved under Orthodox practice for men only, when it holds its monthly prayer session there on May 10, according to Anat Hoffman, a leader of the group.
Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/04/28/israel-wall-idINDEE93R04L20130428

1 comment:

  1. Sorry, at the moment, we deal with more important issues, as the yeshiva students enlistment in the army and the like.

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