The fight for women's prayer rights in Israel
In 1988, a group of Jewish feminists began their campaign to pray as freely as Jewish men at one of Judaism鈥檚 holiest sites. They called themselves the 鈥榃omen of the Wall鈥�.
In 1988, a group of Jewish feminists demanded the right to pray as freely as Jewish men at one of Judaism鈥檚 holiest sites. They called themselves the 鈥榃omen of the Wall鈥�. The organisation is made up of every Jewish denomination including reform, conservative and orthodox Jews. Its focus is one of the holiest sites in Judaism - the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Rachael Gillman has been speaking to Anat Hoffman, one of the founding members of 'Women of the Wall'.
(Photo: Members of 'Women of the Wall' praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, holding their prayer shawls. Getty Images.)
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