Jerusalem – The government of Israel told the nation’s Supreme Court that it plans to expand and upgrade a space for non-Orthodox prayer at the southern section of the Western Wall near Robinson’s Arch.
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The government made the declaration in documents submitted to the court in response to a petition filed by the non-Orthodox Jewish movements and the Women of the Wall group that calls on the state to create the permanent space for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.
Haaretz reported that the government also asked the court to dismiss the case, since it has frozen an agreement that would have provided the permanent prayer space, equal access to the site from the Western Wall plaza and allowed the liberal groups to administer the area.
The Prime Minister’s Bureau already has allocated the more than $5 million needed to upgrade and improve the non-Orthodox prayer space, and said it will take 10 months to complete.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case on July 30.
“We are not buying the substitute Kotel Agreement that the State is trying to sell to the Supreme Court,” Anat Hoffman, chairperson of Women of the Wall, said in a statement issued after the documents were filed. “We hope that the Supreme Court will insist on our right to receive a prayer plaza in which we can pray according to our custom, whether by full implementation of the agreement, or by re-dividing the current prayer plaza into three sections: men’s, women’s and egalitarian.”
besides herself how many people does she represent? Israel isn’t a place known to have any sizable reform conservative population.They have cast aside the jewish religion and opted for the style of the american ‘southern baptists’ dancing and singing to music of a guitar with the tunes of the baptists.They have a touchy feely type of jewish emotion with no knowledge of authentic judaism, only what is apparent from videos .Talis tefillin and kipa were forbidden to be worn in their ‘temples ‘ as was the mention of our destroyed temple and the sacrifices there.They never hoped to see the rebuilding of the temple or the establishment of a jewish state.
This whole nonesense is based on the false premise of equality and liberal hypocrisy.
The women wan t to be equal to their husbands who have not seen their tefillon since their bar mitzvah. They feel they can certainly do the same “nothing” that their hubands observe.
Ive read numerous liberal opinion articles in the post and opinion and forward that relegatwd and dismisswd the kosel and the Temple moint as a ” glorified butcher shop” and should be handed over to the arabs bc rhe butcher shop has no part in ” modern civilized ” Judaism.
Let them have it. Once they do, no one will go there. Many of their protesters are bought and paid for activists – just like Soros does in the US with anti-Trump rallies. It’s all (get ready) FAKE NEWS from FAKE JEWS.
Rishay Yisroel….cant say ‘yodaya es boro umechaven lhachiso’ because ethy dont believe in diety