On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet voted to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The Western Wall is administered by ultra-Orthodox rabbinic authorities, The Associated Press reports, and there are separate prayer sections for men and women. Prayers led by women and mixed-gender services are forbidden, and in 2013, after complaints from more liberal Jews in the Reform and Conservative movements, a temporary prayer platform for mixed-gender prayer was put up. Now, the gover...
Israel approves space for men and women to pray together at Western Wall
The Week - 1 Feb 2016 03:57
On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet voted to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The Western Wall is administered by ultra-Orthodox rabbinic authorities, The Associated Press reports, and there are separate prayer sections for men and women. Prayers led by women and mixed-gender services are forbidden, and in 2013, after complaints from more liberal Jews in the Reform and Conservative movements, a temporary prayer platform for mixed-gender prayer was put up. Now, the gover...
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