For those who haven’t seen it yet, here is the video of Anat Hoffman’s arrest at the Kotel for carrying a Torah scroll. Looks eerily like images of the 1960s Civil Rights movement. Notice some of the women (including Anat) wearing thair tallitot wrapped around them like a scarf. This is because some women haveContinueContinue reading “Watch Anat’s Arrest at the Kotel”
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CCAR Statement on Anat Hoffman’s Arrest at the Kotel
The Central Conference of American Rabbis (the body of Reform rabbis in America) released this statement regarding the arrest of Anat Hoffman at the Kotel yesterday: CCAR STATEMENT ON THE ARREST OF ANAT HOFFMAN July 12, 2010 The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the world’s oldest and largest rabbinic association, looks with shock and revulsionContinueContinue reading “CCAR Statement on Anat Hoffman’s Arrest at the Kotel”
A Bad Day for Pluralism in Israel
There is a country where a woman can be arrested for holding a Torah scroll. Where the government limits, and sometimes outright prohibits, Jews’ ability to engage in basic religious rituals like conversion and marriage. That country – believe it or not – is Israel. And today was not a good day for the battleContinueContinue reading “A Bad Day for Pluralism in Israel”
Woman Assaulted for Wearing Tefillin
JTA reported this incident before Shabbat: May 13, 2010 JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish woman was attacked in Beersheba reportedly for having the imprints of tefillin lines visible on her arms. Noa Raz was physically assaulted Tuesday morning by an ultra-Orthodox man in Beersheba’s Central Bus Station, where she was waiting for a bus toContinueContinue reading “Woman Assaulted for Wearing Tefillin”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 