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Dear Friends of IRAC,

There must be more than one way to liberate the Western Wall. It’s not only a job for paratroopers, a test that ended in the Six Day War of 1967. The Wall as a national and religious site now needs to be liberated from Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich’s control. Rabinovich is an Ultra-Orthodox rabbi who has been appointed as rabbi of the Wall by secular leaders in Israel who, like many Israelis, were brought up to believe that there is only one brand of authentic Judaism – Rabinovi… Continue

Homage to Herzl

A Journey Celebrating the 150th Birthday of the Visionary of the Jewish State

April 14 – 20, 2010 $1,985 all-inclusive, Paris to Tel Aviv (www.doingzionism.org)

Next Generation Leadership Track for activists 25-40 April13-22 Only $1000 incl. r/t airfare Paris-Tel Aviv-Paris!

Be among the 120 Jewish leaders from around the world traveling in Herzl’s footsteps, highlighting the positive message of Zionism today while generating pride in… Continue

Women of the Wall Leader Interrogated by Police
By Jane Eisner
Published January 06, 2010.
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The leader of Women of the Wall, a group of women who gather monthly to pray at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, was questioned by police, fingerprinted, and told that she may be charged with a felony for violating the rules of conduct at what is considered Judaism’s most sacred site.

Inked: On January 5, Israeli police interrogated and fingerprinted Anat Hoffman. Ana… Continue

Dear Friends of IRAC,

Last Friday, Rosh Chodesh Tevet, 153 women found it in themselves to get up early on a wretched, rainy, and miserable morning and walk to the Kotel, for what could be – following Nofrat Frenkel’s arrest one month prior – an unpredictable morning of prayer.

We were women of all ages and denominations, gathered together under a canopy of bright umbrellas that looked especially vibrant on a gray day. We stood at the back of the women’s section to pray, and when it was time t… Continue

Challenging Traditions at the Heart of Judaism

By Isabel Kershner, The New York Times, December 21st, 2009

JERUSALEM — A struggle for the character of the Western Wall, this city’s iconic Jewish holy site and central place of worship, is under way, and it is being fought with prayer shawls and Torah scrolls.

On Friday, sheets of rain obscured the Old City’s ancient domes. But by 7 a.m. about 150 Jewish women had gathered at the Western Wall to pray and to challenge the constraints imposed on… Continue