Hodesh Nisan Tov from the Kotel! ✨

“It is because we are not free as women that our fight must continue. Only because of our determination in this struggle, today we were able to hold our service just as the men do.” -Yochi Rappeport 📸: Hila Shiloni mailchi.mp/womenofthewall…

Book burning is back... Thursday after we left the Kotel, teenagers were found burning a WOW prayer book. This is what happens when our leaders incite violence against us for praying and no one is held accountable. news.walla.co.il/item/3568181?u…

Terrible: Teens set Women of the Wall prayer books on fire Jerusalem Post jpost.com/israel-news/ar…

Come wrap tefillin with WOW! Happening now across from Cinema City in Jerusalem 💪

Wishing you a wonderful Passover holiday! Next year in Jerusalem, may we all be free to worship according to our custom at the Kotel!

“We’re in the fight of our lives.” - Rabbi Dana Sharon, Board Member of WOW Check out Rabbi Dana’s recent discussion about being a woman rabbi in Israel, her work with IRAC and WOW, and the political situation on the podcast WomenRabbisTalk : podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/women…

I visited the Western Wall for the first time today and met with Rabbi of the Wall Shmuel Rabinowitz. I reiterated U.S. support for implementation of the 2016 Western Wall agreement to expand the egalitarian space at the Wall.

Yesterday we had the privilege of meeting with IRF_Ambassador Ambassador Rashad Hussain to talk about WOW, the violence we face, & the Kotel Agreement. The Biden administration is continuing to urge the gov’t to implement the agreement. Read more here: timesofisrael.com/us-urges-israe…

Happy Iyar - the month of independence! May we be free to pray without struggle 💙

“While Israel was built on the principle of freedom of religion and worship, we know that this ideal has yet to be upheld at the Kotel. Yet we refuse to be discouraged.” - Yochi Rappeport, Executive Director of WOW 📸: Hila Shiloni

The State Dept noted ultra-Orthodox protesters' continued harassment of Women of the Wall at the Western Wall, including the interruption of a bar mitzvah ceremony haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

“My sincerest hope is that one day soon, Jerusalem will live up to the ideal that the Israeli paratroopers envisioned 56 years ago. May this Yom Yerushalayim be a day of peace, tolerance, and love.” - Yochi Rappeport Read the full blog post here: blogs.timesofisrael.com/yom-yerushalay…

It’s absolutely outrageous that in 2023 and in the month of Sivan in which we celebrate receiving the Torah, women are still barred from reading the Torah at the Kotel. m.jpost.com/breaking-news/…

Chag Shavuot Sameach and Shabbat Shalom from WOW! May we all unite in celebration of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai and remember that the Torah was given to and belongs to ALL Jews!

hearing from @masortimovement’s CEO, Rakefet Ginsberg, as well as visiting the Egalitarian Kotel where they did Shacharit together and learned more about the Kotel deal and @womenofthewall from Vice Chair @gottliebtammy. (cont)

Hodesh Tov from the Kotel! גלעד קריב

“Liberate the Kotel from extremists - 6 years since the Kotel Agreement was shelved” We won’t give up the fight for equality at the Kotel.

הערה: אם אתם זועקים על זכותם של תלמידי תיכון להניח תפילין בבית ספר ומתנגדים לזכותן של נשים להניח תפילין בכותל לא באמת אכפת לכם מחופש הפולחן

עדן שמעון, מנהל התפעול של הקרן למורשת הכותל, בהוראת רב הכותל מנסה לחטוף את ספר התורה ודוחף את מנכל"ית נשות הכותל האוחזת בספר התורה וחברות הקבוצה לרצפה באלימות, עד שהמשטרה נאלצה להרחיקו מספר התורה.