Archive for January 2010
Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State
January 16, 2010
For years now, Israel has been routinely condemned by the United Nations for trying to defend herself; a veritable public relations hailstorm has been unleashed against the only Jewish state. Read the rest of this entry »
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In Union Square, 200 pray in solidarity with Women of the Wall
January 14, 2010
With a kippah affixed to her head and a tallit draped on her shoulders, Dr. Abby Caplin spoke of the violence befalling women who wear the same religious garments while praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Read the rest of this entry »
What the Women of the Wall Want
January 13, 2010
One recent afternoon, while I was riding on a gender-segregated bus in Jerusalem, an Orthodox woman told me she didn’t mind sitting in back and out of sight, because it helped the men “keep cleanliness of the eyes.” Her reasoning was familiar to me; it followed a logic similar to the rationale behind a men-only path at the Western Wall that was cleared just two years ago so that men would not have to look upon women as they make their way to the Kotel to pray. Read the rest of this entry »