Woman praying at Women of the Wall service wearing a tallit and tefillin. Women of the Wall (Hebrew: נשות הכותל, Neshot HaKotel) is a multi-denominational Jewish feminist: "The Women of the Wall believed themselves to be liberal feminists." organization based in Israel whose goal is to secure the rights of women to pray at the Western Wall, also called the Kotel, in a fashion that includes singing, reading aloud from the Torah and wearing religious garments (tallit, tefillin and kippah). Pew Research Center has identified Israel as one of the countries that place "high" restrictions on religion, and there have been limits placed on non-Orthodox streams of Judaism."U.S. Department of State: 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom: Israel and The Occupied Territories (May 20, 2013)" One of those restrictions is that the Rabbi of the Western Wall  has enforced gender segregation and limitations on religious garb worn by women. When the "Women of the Wall" hold monthly prayer services for women on Rosh Hodesh, they observe gender segregation so that Orthodox members may fully participate. But their use of religious garb, singing and reading from a Torah have upset many members of the Orthodox Jewish community, sparking protests and arrests. In May 2013 a judge ruled that a 2003 Israeli Supreme Court ruling prohibiting women from carrying a Torah or wearing prayer shawls had been misinterpreted and that Women of the Wall prayer gatherings at the wall should not be deemed illegal. Original Women of the Wall has since 2014 held monthly services at the Kotel on various days of the month. They uphold the original goals of the group to hold women's prayer groups at the Women's Section of the Western Wall. Their membership consists of most of the original members of the group who were at the Wall in 1988. The group includes members from all stream of Judaism  .
Woman praying at Women of the Wall service wearing a tallit and tefillin. Women of the Wall (Hebrew: נשות הכותל, Neshot HaKotel) is a multi-denominational Jewish feminist: "The Women of the Wall believed themselves to be liberal feminists." organization based in Israel whose goal is to secure the rights of women to pray at the Western Wall, also called the Kotel, in a fashion that includes singing, reading aloud from the Torah and wearing religious garments (tallit, tefillin and kippah). Pew Research Center has identified Israel as one of the countries that place "high" restrictions on religion, and there have been limits placed on non-Orthodox streams of Judaism."U.S. Department of State: 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom: Israel and The Occupied Territories (May 20, 2013)" One of those restrictions is that the administrator of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation has enforced gender segregation and limitations on religious garb worn by women. When the "Women of the Wall" hold monthly prayer services for women on Rosh Hodesh, they observe gender segregation so that Orthodox members may fully participate. But their use of religious garb, singing and reading from a Torah have upset many members of the Orthodox Jewish community, sparking protests and arrests. In May 2013 a judge ruled that a 2003 Israeli Supreme Court ruling prohibiting women from carrying a Torah or wearing prayer shawls had been misinterpreted and that Women of the Wall prayer gatherings at the wall should not be deemed illegal. Original Women of the Wall has since 2014 held monthly services at the Kotel on various days of the month. They uphold the original goals of the group to hold women's prayer groups at the Women's Section of the Western Wall. Their membership consists of most of the original members of the group who were at the Wall in 1988. The group includes members from all stream of Judaism . Some of their members wear tallit (prayer shawl), tefillin and they read Torah on appropriate days .
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