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  • Israeli Cabinet’s decision to create a place where non-Orthodox men and women can worship together
    Written by on 12/02/2016
    The ruling, which was handed down Jan. 31, designates Robinson’s Arch along the southern portion of the Western Wall as a place reserved for Reform, Reconstructionist and Conservative male and female Jews to worship together. It is separated from the gender-segregated area at the well-known Western Wall plaza.

  • Mixed-Gender Prayer Site Creates Rift Between Jews
    Written by on 11/02/2016
    Many people celebrated when the Israeli government approved a mixed-prayer area to be formed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. To progressives, the new area represents one more step toward gender equality within Judaism.

  • After 27 years, men and women will be able to pray together at Western Wall
    Written by on 11/02/2016
    After a long dispute, the ultra-Orthodox and progressive Judaism movements have reached a historic compromise on a mixed-gender praying space at the Western Wall.

  • Politicians heap insults upon non-Orthodox Jewry
    Written by on 08/02/2016
    Will Netanyahu seriously take a stand, confront these bigoted leaders and do something of substance against their venomous insults? Moreover, will Netanyahu do what it takes to truly ensure that all Jews feel at home in Israel, and that equality and pluralism extend beyond the southern Kotel plaza?

  • Israel cabinet now allows non-Orthodox Jewish to pray at Western Wall
    Written by on 08/02/2016
    After years of rancor over rituals at the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism, the Israeli government Sunday approved the creation of an upgraded egalitarian prayer space there for non-Orthodox Jews.

  • New prayer site highlights divide between Israel, US Jews
    Written by on 05/02/2016
    The compromise agreement also highlights the deep rift between the world's two largest Jewish communities over how religion should be practiced in the Jewish state, where ultra-Orthodox control is entrenched over religious life.

  • Beyond the Wall
    Written by on 03/02/2016
    It was a long and hard-fought victory, bequeathed by one generation to another.

  • After Kotel compromise, dramatic changes still needed
    Written by on 03/02/2016
    We should recognize that there will be obstacles and much time elapsing. Moreover, the painful sacrifice involved is mostly on the part of Women of the Wall (WOW) and the non-Orthodox movements that are now removed from the historic Kotel site.

  • After Kotel compromise, dramatic changes still needed
    Written by Uri Regev on 03/02/2016
    The progress made over the Kotel should convince communal leaders that we need to further engage in the religion-state clash, and that Israelis need support in advancing the Jewish state’s own core founding principles of religious freedom and equality for all.

  • New Western Wall Prayer Space Highlights Wider Divide Among Jews
    Written by on 02/02/2016
    The Israeli government’s compromise decision this week was hailed as “historic” and “revolutionary,” yet it also underscored the divide between Israel and its Orthodox establishment and the diaspora, particularly in the United States, where most Jews identify as Reform or Conservative.

  • Israel’s Rabbis to Lose Long-held Tax Exemption Status
    Written by on 02/02/2016
    Israel's Tax Authority issues a professional circular detailing to assessors how to tax rabbis, kabbalists and others performing religious services.

  • Is the Kotel Deal Merely a Fig Leaf For Rabbinic Tyranny?
    Written by Uri Regev on 02/02/2016
    The historic Kotel Agreement represents laudable progress in Israel’s stormy sea of religion, state and politics, but it is important to remember that the issue of prayer at the Kotel is only one of many in the arena of ​​religious freedom. We do not have the luxury of sitting back and relishing this.

  • New prayer site highlights divide between Israel, US Jews
    Written by on 01/02/2016
    The Israeli government's decision to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall is a major breakthrough for the country's long-marginalized liberal streams and their powerful supporters in the United States.

  • New prayer site highlights divide between Israel, US Jews
    Written by on 01/02/2016
    The Israeli government’s decision to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall is a major breakthrough for the country’s long-marginalized liberal streams and their powerful supporters in the United States.

  • Israeli Government Approves New Egalitarian Prayer Space at Western Wall
    Written by on 31/01/2016
    After years of negotiations, non-Orthodox movements will be allowed to hold mixed prayer services for women and men at Judaism's holiest site.

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