Source: JTA, 5-7-13
The activist group Women of the Wall will face no more legal challenges after Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided not appeal a court decision favoring the group….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 7, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/israel-political-brief-may-7-2013-israeli-attorney-general-yehuda-weinstein-accepts-women-of-the-wall-court-decision/
Source: JTA, 4-30-13
Natan Sharansky’s proposal to reduce tensions at the Western Wall has lost support from Orthodox and non-Orthodox leaders….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 30, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/israel-brief-april-30-2013-nathan-sharanskys-egalitarian-kotel-plan-loses-support-from-both-sides/
Source: JTA, 4-25-13
Women praying together out loud at the Western Wall in prayer shawls did not disturb the public order and should not have been arrested, an Israeli court found….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 25, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/israel-political-brief-april-25-2013-judge-rules-women-should-not-have-been-arrested-at-western-wall/
Source: Haaretz, 4-4-13
The rabbi assured the agency chairman, Natan Sharansky, that despite a recent warning by Jerusalem police, women would not be arrested for saying the mourner’s prayer at the wall….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on April 4, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/israel-brief-april-4-2013-western-wall-rabbi-says-women-will-not-be-arrested-for-praying-at-kotel/
Source: Arutz Sheva, 2-16-13
Unidentified vandals caused damage to the tomb of Talmudic sage Yonatan Ben Uziel Saturday. The tomb is located near Amuka, in the vicinity of Tzfat, in the Upper Galilee….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 16, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/israel-brief-february-14-2013-talmud-era-sage-yonatan-ben-uziels-tomb-defaced-near-tzfat/
Source: JTA, 2-10-13
Rabbi David Hartman, a Jewish scholar who founded the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, has died….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 10, 2013
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/jewish-brief-february-10-2013-jewish-scholar-rabbi-david-hartman-founder-of-the-hartman-institute-dies-at-81/
Source: JTA, 12-25-12
The Haifa rabbinate has warned local hotels and event halls that they could lose their kashrut supervision if they hold New Year’s Eve parties on their premises….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 25, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/israel-brief-december-25-2012-haifa-rabbinate-forbids-new-years-eve-parties/
Source: JTA, 12-12-12
A prominent Israeli Orthodox rabbi has called for state recognition of non-Orthodox steams of Judaism….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 12, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/israel-brief-december-december-12-2012-prominent-israeli-rabbi-calls-for-recognition-of-non-orthodox-streams/
Source: JTA, 10-3-12
An estimated 70,000 Jewish worshipers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to hear the priestly blessing….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on October 3, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/israel-brief-october-3-2012-70000-gather-at-kotel-for-priestly-blessing/
Source: JTA, 7-29-12
Reports that Jewish extremists would create “provocations” spurred Jerusalem police to close the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors on Tisha b’Av….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 29, 2012
http://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/israel-brief-july-29-2012-reports-of-provocations-spur-tisha-bav-closing-of-temple-mount-to-jews/
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