worry that the Western Wall is being unintentionally appropriated by religious Jews.
This year's celebration was set against a backdrop of ongoing protests and turmoil in Jerusalem surrounding the proposed judicial reform.
This is the first hearing taking place on the issue in the past two years and the first during this government.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Chaos broke out across the Kotel as Women of the Wall held prayer services in the main plaza and Noam Party activists took over the egalitarian section.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, looked at the role of the Jewish people and said that we are taught to fight darkness with light. This is how we will solve our issues.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
A new Western Wall bill proposed by Shas could see visitors who dress “not modestly” face a six-month prison sentence.
While some consider women’s group prayer proscribed in Jewish law, Original Women of the Wall demonstrates that with respect and tolerance, all Jewish women can practice according to their custom.
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