Rabbis Take a Stand!

If you are a rabbi, please complete the form below to add your signature to our statement and become a “Rabbi for Women of the Wall.” Click here to view the Statement of Support of Women of the Wall.

If you are a cantor, please sign on and become a Cantor for Women of the Wall, here.

Women and men who are not rabbis or cantors are invited to send a letter of support to Israeli leaders by clicking here.

Organizations are invited to become Organizations for Women of the Wall. Click here

The statement and your personal message below will be emailed immediately to the following Israeli government officials:

Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu
Speaker of the Knesset Rubi Rivlin
Head of the Kadima Party and Leader of the Oppostion Tzipi Livni
Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz Shlita, Administrator of the Western Wall and Holy Sites
Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat

Within two weeks, your name will be added to the Rabbi’s Circle of Honor on our statement. Click here to view the Statement of Support of Women of the Wall.

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Shalom, We call upon you, the government of Israel, your leaders, your courts and your rabbinic officials to open your hearts to the diversity of Judaism within your borders and around the world. We deeply respect the right of all Jews to pray in accordance with their own minhag (custom) and interpretation of halachah (Jewish law), so long as in doing so, they do not cause harm to others. We support the rights of those Jewish women who choose not to lead worship or carry Torah Scrolls or read from Torah Scrolls to have safe space at the Kotel where they may take part in prayers in accordance with their views of halachah. We call upon the Mayor and Chief of Police of Jerusalem to provide protection to Women of the Wall as they pray at the Kotel each Rosh Hodesh, rather than harassing them. We call upon the government of Israel and its police forces and military to immediately institute and enforce a zero tolerance policy against attacking women in any way whatsoever, including throwing chairs and feces-filled diapers and other objects at women who pray together at the Kotel on Rosh Hodesh and at other times, as well as the attacking of women anywhere in Israel for carrying traces of their religious observance, such as marks on their arms from wearing tefillin. We additionally call upon the government of Israel, its leaders, its courts and its rabbinic officials to find appropriate and safe venues at the Kotel for Jews who are not comfortable with women leading worship or holding the Torah or reading from it to enjoy their practice of Judaism unhindered, and physically separated from other designated portions of the Kotel where women are allowed to lead worship, wear a tallit, wear tefillin, hold the Torah and read from the Torah. Thank you.

More for Rabbis: Bring this Rosh Chodesh Prayer for Women of the Wall to your congregation.

If you are having technical difficulties submitting your information on this web page, please send an email to info@womenofthewall.org.il.

For questions regarding Rabbis for Women of the Wall contact Rabbi Pamela Frydman: wowrabbis@gmail.com

Rabbis Take a Stand!

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