Click here (NYTimes) to read about the ongoing controversy regarding Judaism's holiest site and gender-based accessibility... What's to be done??
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I particularly enjoyed the "flash mob prayer". That is my kind of protest! I have never heard of a womens protest group working for a singly goal since the 1980's...thats like 33-ish years. Okay so its not that long but most protests seam to barely surpass 10 years. The article still seams skeptical about the Women of the Wall's proposal for equal right to the western wall. For Judaism (if I am right) there is something sacred about praying to the west. I think. Will it be too much compromise to settle for rights to the Southern wall? The fact that this group is not trying to controle other branches of Jewish beliefs says a lot to me. These are modern women who wish to compromise are not extremists but realists. With attitudes such as theirs I strongly believe they are on their way to achieving that which they seek. It is doable without causing "great" disturbance. Steadfast changes that are little-by-little are the peaceful approaches to a better tomorrow.
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I particularly enjoyed the "flash mob prayer". That is my kind of protest! I have never heard of a womens protest group working for a singly goal since the 1980's...thats like 33-ish years. Okay so its not that long but most protests seam to barely surpass 10 years. The article still seams skeptical about the Women of the Wall's proposal for equal right to the western wall. For Judaism (if I am right) there is something sacred about praying to the west. I think. Will it be too much compromise to settle for rights to the Southern wall? The fact that this group is not trying to controle other branches of Jewish beliefs says a lot to me. These are modern women who wish to compromise are not extremists but realists. With attitudes such as theirs I strongly believe they are on their way to achieving that which they seek. It is doable without causing "great" disturbance. Steadfast changes that are little-by-little are the peaceful approaches to a better tomorrow.
-Angela R.
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