Women of the Wall

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Praying for women’s religious freedom at Jerusalem’s Western Wall since 1988. Follow us for updates & first hand accounts from Women of the Wall!

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    Jul 23

    Yochi Rappeport, executive director of WOW: The positive changes WOW has accomplished in expanding access to religious involvement for women have been achieved through processes of ongoing gradual shifts in public awareness.

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  2. Jul 23

    Yochi Rappeport, executive director of WOW: The positive changes WOW has accomplished in expanding access to religious involvement for women have been achieved through processes of ongoing gradual shifts in public awareness.

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    Jul 23

    . : For nearly 10 years now, I have come to the public square at the every Rosh Hodesh to stand there, at a distance, & strengthen . ...I thought I’d seen everything

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  4. Jul 17

    (JTA) — When it comes to restrictions on religious freedom, Israel is in the company of countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran, a new report says.

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  5. Jul 17

    Today is - "firgun" is the Hebrew word for showing love and gratitude for those we appreciate. A fabulous way to show some "firgun" to a friend who inspires you is a meaningful gift from WOW's shop, like our original Tallit.

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  6. Jul 16

    "The Western Wall Plaza has gravitated from being a site that supposedly includes all shades of the Jewish people to becoming a battlefield."

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  7. Jul 16

    "While I am certainly a feminist, I’m not trying to make a grand feminist statement with my private religious practice. And yet, my personal becomes political. As a woman who does engage in this practice, I become a symbol."

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  8. Jul 15

    "And I will betroth you to me forever...in righteousness, justice, kindness, and compassion." (from verses recited while wrapping Tefillin) (Hila Shiloni photography)

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    Jul 10

    CARTOON: "The Iranian Threat" [Rabbi Shlomo Aviner kicks out from Knesset Rafi Peretz kicks out from ] (By )

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  10. Jul 12

    "The love, power and inclusion I felt from Women of the Wall community drowned out the loudspeaker projecting an Orthodox service from the men’s section of the Kotel." Onward Israel participant Kirby Goodman, who is interning at WUPJ for the summer.

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    Jul 9

    "Authorities continued to prohibit visitors from bringing private Torah scrolls to the main plaza & women from accessing the public Torah scrolls" [U.S. Dept of State 2018 Report on Int'l Religious Freedom: ]

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    Jul 9

    Anat Hoffman: "Israel must be modern and democratic, and should lead the Jewish world in pluralism and religious freedom.” . conference on U.S. 2018 Report on Int'l Religious Freedom:

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  13. Jul 10

    How have you witnessed changes in the Jewish world when it comes to accepting and honoring women's leadership?

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    Jul 8

    Proud of our Reform teen justice leaders spending part of their summer in Israel growing their skills as change agents. At this session they learned from the inspiring activists of WOW.

    Executive Director Yochi Rappeport met with a group of young adults from URJ Mitzvah Corps for an informative and fascinating lecture on WOW's role in religious feminism and social justice. Contact us to organize a lecture! [email protected]
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    Jul 8

    Jewish women are amazing. That's it. That's the whole tweet.

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  16. Jul 8

    Executive Director Yochi Rappeport met with a group of young adults from URJ Mitzvah Corps for an informative and fascinating lecture on WOW's role in religious feminism and social justice. Contact us to organize a lecture! [email protected]

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  17. Jul 7

    Yochi Rappeport, Executive director of WOW: We are faced with a situation in which the choice “not to get political” is no longer on the table — our very existence as women, as Israelis, as Jews, is disputed at every corner of the public sphere.

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    Jul 4

    As the Women of the Wall read from the Torah, several ultra-Orthodox women began to yell at them and shush them.

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    Jul 4

    Despite heckling, read from scroll, finish prayers at 's Women's Section

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    Jul 4

    "Surrounded by security personnel clad in yellow jackets and ultra-Orthodox women telling them to keep quiet, the Women of the Wall managed to complete Rosh Chodesh prayers in the Women's section of the Western Wall's main plaza."

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