WEEK IN RELIGIONA High Court in Israel has given the government and the Western Wall administration 30 days to show a "good reason" as to why women cannot read from a Torah Scroll at the Western Wall. In 2010, Western Wall administrator Rabbi Rabinowitz prohibited women from getting or using a Torah in the women's prayer area at the holy site. Women were also prevented from carrying prayer shawls, menorahs and tefillin to the Wall. Petitioned by the Women of the Wall and the Original Women [...]
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