https://www.jwire.com.au/women-of-the-wall-hold-rosh-chodesh-services-at-kotel-heckled-by-haredi-protestors/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 07 Nov 2021 11:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.jwire.com.au/women-of-the-wall-hold-rosh-chodesh-services-at-kotel-heckled-by-haredi-protestors/#comment-618362 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 11:50:15 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=130936#comment-618362 As we approach Chanuka, it is appropriate to reflect that the WOW and their ilk would have stood 2000 years ago with the acculturated Hellenists who were happy to water down Judaism to suit their “enlightened” philosophies, while those valiant souls who protest this compromising of authentic Jewish values are the embodiment of the Maccabees of old!

]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/women-of-the-wall-hold-rosh-chodesh-services-at-kotel-heckled-by-haredi-protestors/#comment-618361 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 09:58:20 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=130936#comment-618361 The Western Wall is a public space not an orthodox synagogue. Every Jew, of whatever strand of Judaism and of whichever sex, should be able to pray there unhindered. It is somewhat ironic that the haredi, who largely shun service in the IDF, should display militancy against the Women of the Wall.

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