On the perils of trying to divine God’s will
If you oppose moving the embassy to the holy city to avoid offending the world, and oppose Jews praying on Temple Mount to avoid offending the Palestinians, you may also want to consider the feelings of Orthodox Jews
An intense and ugly fracas unfolded on Tuesday during a planned demonstration at the Western Wall
How a failure to come to an agreement to allow equal access to the holy site for the non-Orthodox would reverberate across world Jewry
The battle for an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall continues, as Lesley Sachs was arrested in Jerusalem Tuesday
Why Israel’s decision to create an egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel is actually a defeat
How the new structure advances the debate over prayer at the Western Wall
A dispatch from the Women of the Wall’s 25th anniversary prayer service
An American explains why she’s flying halfway around the world to join Women of the Wall for their 25th anniversary Kotel prayer group
Plus an argument for European Jews heading elsewhere, and more in the news
Nothing comes of rabbi’s prediction of clash during Rosh Chodesh, Ramadan
For Women of the Wall supporters harassed last week, a day of solemnity
Afraid enough to warrant a public service announcement
Female rabbis led a solidarity service in Madison Square Park this morning
A Rosh Hodesh marked by arrests and protests
The Attorney General calls on “local custom” to prevail
The problem is that the problems will likely continue
In calling for desegregation of the Kotel, the modern movement is actually reviving 19th-century traditions