Women of the Wall ‘ecstatic’ over Court win
A Jerusalem court had ruled that police were wrong to arrest five members of the group, in a decision that could alter the status quo at the holy site.
Sharansky proposes egalitarian section at the Kotel
Women of the Wall expresses “cautious support” for proposal, rejects solution in which group must pray separately from plaza.
“There must be a section for egalitarian prayer” at the Western Wall, Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Speaking from New York after a meeting with representatives of the various religious denominations comprising American organized Jewry, Sharansky confirmed rumors that he is pushing for the addition of a third section at Judaism’s holiest site.