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Re: Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Mon Oct 24 10:57:54 2011, in response to Re: Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line, posted by mtk52983 on Mon Oct 24 10:48:55 2011. Women are most definitely not prohibited from praying at the Western Wall. Women are not permitted to read from the Torah at the Western Wall (a policy I do not agree with) but they are allowed to wear talitot (prayer shawls) and sing. Occasionally, men throw chairs at them from the men's section. This also isn't permitted but the Rabbi of the Western Wall tends to condone this sort of behavior when it occurs.There is a women's prayer group that meets at the Western Wall on Rosh Chodesh called Women of the Wall (womenofthewall.org.il/) that I support, and occasionally runs into issues when the police doesn't abide by the various agreements made between WoW and the government. Historically, the Western Wall Plaza was NOT separated and the ultra-orthodox have effectively turned this important site to all Jews into an open air synagogue. I don't think that women should be arrested for holding Torah scrolls or having things thrown at them in the vicinity of the Western Wall. But to say outright that they can't pray at the Western Wall is complete BS. |
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