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October 31, 2018, 3:11 pm
Am I Welcome At The Wall?
It took me a while to realize that Jewish spaces will never be tailored made for me or for anyone else.
By Ruby Zeviit Russell
The northern part of the Western Wall, known as Robinson’s Arch, was proposed as an egalitarian prayer space in 2016. Netanyahu's shelving of the bill caused a major backlash from US Jewry. Getty Images
August 29, 2018, 1:26 pm
Approval Of Kotel Expansion Blindsides Liberal Movements
Arching toward accessibility.
By Michele Chabin
Jewish women praying at the women’s section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 16, 2017. JTA
August 27, 2018, 11:24 am
Loophole Allows Expansion Of Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Section
By JTA
A large chunk of stone dislodged from the Western Wall at the mixed-gender prayer section in Jerusalem, Israel, July 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 23, 2018, 3:25 pm
Entire Western Wall Is ‘Danger Zone,’ Archaeologist Says
By JTA
Holy rift: One of the causes for increased diaspora-Israel tensions is the battle over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. Above, Anat Hoffman, a leader of Women of the Wall, carrying a Torah near the Kotel, leading to her arrest. JTA
July 11, 2018, 8:54 am
Bibi To World Jewry: ‘We Do Hear Your Concerns’
Is cabinet effort to pacify diaspora leaders more than rhetoric?
By Gary Rosenblatt
Women pray at the women's section of the Western Wall. Getty Images
May 30, 2018, 3:15 pm
My Relationship With The Kotel: It’s Complicated
Ancient stones, modern politics and the very personal Israel-diaspora relationship.
By Shira Vickar-Fox
An illustrative photo of bride and groom take wedding pictures at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, April 13, 2011. JTA
May 23, 2018, 8:55 am
Fresh Anxiety Over New Conversion Bill
Chief Rabbinate’s role would no longer be absolute, but critics say legislation would extend Orthodox monopoly.
By Nathan Jeffay
A picture taken on June 27, 2017 shows the right-part of the Western Wall with the dome of Al-Aqsa mosque seen on the right of the photo, taken from the archaeological site known as Robinson's Arch where renovations for the egal. section have started. The kotel bill was one point of contention between American Jews and the Israeli gov. this year. Getty Images
February 6, 2018, 12:08 pm
Construction Begins On Western Wall Section For Egalitarian Prayer
By JTA
US Vice President Mike Pence touches Jerusalem's Western Wall during his visit to Judaism's holiest prayer site on January 23, 2018. Getty Images
January 30, 2018, 9:01 pm
Masking Sexism With Piety
Why it was wrong to prevent female journalist from covering VP Mike Pence's visit to the Kotel.
By Laura Ben David
Female reporters covering Mike Pence’s visit to the Western Wall. JTA
January 23, 2018, 2:45 pm
Female Reporters Were Kept Separate From Men During Mike Pence’s Western Wall Visit
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
President Donald Trump at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. (Israel Bardugo)
December 27, 2017, 11:24 am
Proposed Western Wall Train Station To Be Named After Trump
By JTA
Sign of the times: Rabbi Rick Jacobs, center, getting roughed up last month at the entrance to the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem. Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash 90
December 27, 2017, 9:12 am
2017 – The Year Of Living Divisively
From here to Jerusalem, rents in the Jewish fabric.
By Robert Goldblum
Members of the liberal Jewish religious group Women of the Wall, wearing skullcaps and traditional Jewish prayer shawls known as Tallit, hold up the Torah scroll during a morning prayer marking the first day of the Jewish month of Elul, on August 23, 2017 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Getty Images
December 11, 2017, 12:26 pm
On Chanukah, ‘Light Not Heat’
The distance from 2005 to today
By Lester Bronstein
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, center, and other non-Orthodox Jews clashing with security guards at the entrance to the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, Nov. 16, 2017. Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash 90
November 22, 2017, 9:26 am
Gap Between Liberal Diaspora Jews, Netanyahu Gov Widens In Deeply Troubling Way
Recent scuffles at the Kotel underscore the bitter dispute between liberal American Jews and the Jerusalem government over issues of religious identity, and beyond.
By Gary Rosenblatt
The Western Wall in Jerusalem. Wikimedia Commons
November 20, 2017, 2:58 pm
How You Can Take A Stand For Religious And Civil Liberties In Israel
By Rabbi Joshua Davidson
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