 The petition for women to read from the Torah at the Kotel had been brought by a group that split off from the Women of the Wall, calling itself the " Original Women of the Wall " . However, later that year it was announced that the plan approved in January 2016 to designate a new space at the Kotel that would be available for egalitarian prayer and which would not be controlled by the Rabbinate had been suspended.
<clarity>  The petition for women to read from the Torah at the Kotel had been brought by a group that split off from the Women of the Wall, calling itself the " Original Women of the Wall " . However, later that year it was announced that the plan approved in January 2016 to designate a new space at the Kotel that would be available for egalitarian prayer and which would not be controlled by the Rabbinate had been suspended.
 The petition for women to read from the Torah at the Kotel was brought by Original Women of the Wall " . However, later that year it was announced that the plan approved in January 2016 to designate a new space at the Kotel that would be available for egalitarian prayer and which would not be controlled by the Rabbinate had been suspended.