Women for the Wall, a grassroots organization committed to preserving traditional Jewish norms at the Western Wall (Kotel) Plaza and maintaining the sanctity of the Holy Site, has called on the Women of the Wall group, which seeks to challenge Halachic (Jewish legal) norms and traditional Jewish practices at the Western Wall, to "show leadership through action by moving its prayers to the new Ezrat Yisrael section at the Western Wall immediately."
Earlier on Monday, the Women of the Wall organization announced that they will move to the new section - constructed in order to facilitate non-Orthodox prayers without disrupting the Orthodox majority at the original section - only after "all of their conditions and specifications are met" and not before the construction is completed.
Media outlets have reported that their conditions include appointing Women of the Wall leader Anat Hoffman as chair of the governing body of the new section, and demanding the same amount of funding as the traditional plaza, which is used by millions of Jews each year.
"If Women of the Wall want to become the agents of change, they should do so through action, not pronouncements, by moving to the new plaza immediately," said Leah Aharoni, co-founder of Women For the Wall. "The divisiveness at the Kotel hurts all of us, the entire Jewish People, and the faster it comes to an end the better."
'Women Of The Wall Must Prove They're Sincere' - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News
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Earlier on Monday, the Women of the Wall organization announced that they will move to the new section - constructed in order to facilitate non-Orthodox prayers without disrupting the Orthodox majority at the original section - only after "all of their conditions and specifications are met" and not before the construction is completed.
Media outlets have reported that their conditions include appointing Women of the Wall leader Anat Hoffman as chair of the governing body of the new section, and demanding the same amount of funding as the traditional plaza, which is used by millions of Jews each year.
"If Women of the Wall want to become the agents of change, they should do so through action, not pronouncements, by moving to the new plaza immediately," said Leah Aharoni, co-founder of Women For the Wall. "The divisiveness at the Kotel hurts all of us, the entire Jewish People, and the faster it comes to an end the better."
'Women Of The Wall Must Prove They're Sincere' - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News
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