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rosh chodesh
Women of the Wall hold bat mitzvah at Kotel with smuggled Torah scroll
Jewish Journal
July 7, 2016
The Women of the Wall group secreted a Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Western Wall in order to hold a bat mitzvah ceremony during its monthly Rosh Chodesh service.
Western Wall rabbi to Charedi girls: Avoid plaza for Women of the Wall service
Jewish Journal
October 3, 2013
The Western Wall rabbi requested that Charedi Orthodox girls not fill the plaza for the next Women of the Wall service.
Women of the Wall, shielded by police, raises Torah scroll and blows shofar
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2013
Women of the Wall blew a shofar at the back of the Western Wall Plaza and raised a Torah scroll at the plaza’s gate under a heavy police barricade.
Father and daughter at the Wall: Battle of the heart
Jewish Journal
July 17, 2013
Recently, I went to a Women of the Wall service for Rosh Chodesh Av. It was my first time at one of their services, and I thought I was prepared for the ugliness I would see on the other side. I wasn’t.
Charedim called on to protest Women of the Wall Torah reading
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2013
Women of the Wall said it will read from a Torah scroll at its upcoming service at the Western Wall.
With the help of Knesset members, Women of the Wall get to pray
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2013
If ever there were a gathering of Women of the Wall that was going to spark a wider conflict, Tuesday’s would have been the one.
American Jews protest in solidarity with Women of the Wall
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2013
American Jews held solidarity rallies in a variety of U.S. cities to protest Israeli limitations on women\’s prayer at Jerusalem\’s Western Wall.
Netanyahu asks Jewish Agency to look into women’s prayer at Western Wall
Jewish Journal
December 26, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked the Jewish Agency to come up with a solution for non-Orthodox women\’s groups that want to pray at the Western Wall.
Six women detained for wearing prayer shawls at Western Wall
Jewish Journal
November 15, 2012
Six women were detained by Jerusalem police for wearing prayer shawls at the Western Wall as more than 100 women gathered there for the monthly Women of the Wall service.
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