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17th May 2013

Livni bill to criminalize discrimination of women

Lahav Harkov, Jeremy Sharon. Jerusalem Post. Attorney-General tells ministers buses, cemeteries, radio stations and health clinics should no longer enact gender separation. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni instructed her office to draft a bill criminalizing gender-based discrimination, based on recommendations from Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein submitted Wednesday. “Excluding women from public spaces is a crime that cannot be accepted,” Livni said. “Women in Israel will not sit in the back.

17th May 2013

The Old Game is over

Rabbi Michael Boyden. Jerusalem Post. The chairman of the Knesset’s Committee of the Interior, Miri Regev MK, is reported to have called last week for the Kotel not to be turned into a place for demonstrations. “We must preserve the unity and the sanctity of the site,” she proclaimed. “The Kotel should be kept out of arguments and disputes.” Her observations come in the wake of demands by the Women of the Wall to be allowed to pray at the Kotel in their own way. Her remarks reminded me of...

17th May 2013

On 1st of Sivan 5773 Women of the Wall became a legitimate stream of Judaism

By Yair Ettinger . HaAretz. Anat Hoffman, leader of Women of the Wall, warns of an 'earthquake' in the Jewish world if Bennett and Lapid try to turn the wheel back. But gaps between the parties are far and wide, and time is running out. The Women of the Wall left the site feeling elated. Two human chains of policemen opened paths on the left and on the right, surrounded by an ocean of Haredi men and women. As they walked, the women, wrapped in prayer shawls, sang Ozi v'Zimrat Yah...

17th May 2013

Historic Day at the Kotel

Anat Hoffman. Last Friday was a historic day at the Western Wall. It was the first test of Judge Sobel’s ruling allowing women to pray at the Western Wall in a manner they see fit without police harassment. Despite strong opposition the ruling held and hundreds of women prayed with their tallitot, tefillin, and in a strong full voice. The women who came out that day should be commended for their courage. We entered the plaza to the sounds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men screaming insu

17th May 2013

Email MK Naftali Bennett

Anat Hoffman. Last week IRAC’s supporters around the world sent over 3,000 individual emails to Diaspora and Religious Services Minister Naftali Bennett. This is sure to leave an impression, but we want to keep driving the point home that he cannot take unilateral action to stop the progress being made at the Western Wall. A majority of Israelis finally agree with what we at IRAC, and Jews from all over the world, have been saying for years. The Kotel belongs to all Jews and not just one...

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