Posted on 01/18/17
| News Source: YWN
The Women of the Wall (WoW) organization will on Thursday, 21 Teves, host a “Tefilla gathering” at the Kosel beginning at 7:00AM. The timing is no coincidence, marking almost a year since the January 31, 2016 decision by the government to permit the egalitarian prayer area near the Kosel, a decision which has yet to be implemented. WoW officials point out that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is to blame for backing down amid growing chareidi party threats including a coalition crisis.
WoW officials add the High Court of Justice interim order was issued on January 11, 2017, compelling the government to explain why the decision hasn’t yet been implemented.
The WoW statement adds “The Prime Minister has an obligation to implement the vision of equality for women at the Kosel and to actively take the necessary steps to get there, to permit Jewish women interested in davening at the Kosel to also have Torah laining”.
“The Kosel is a public venue, where women are discriminated against daily by the rav of the Kosel and persons from the Kotel Heritage Foundation in contradiction to the basic tenets of a democratic society”.