Book Summary
In Israel today, the historic Western Wall, known as the Kotel, a holy site for Jewish people, is under the religious authority of the Orthodox rabbinate. Women have limited rights to practice Jewish ritual in its precincts. This passionate, inspiring book documents the legendary grassroots and legal struggle of a determined group of Jewish women from Israel, the United States, and other parts of the world -- known as the Women of the Wall -- to win the right to pray out loud together as a group, according to Jewish law; wear ritual objects; and read from Torah scrolls at the Western Wall. Eyewitness accounts, personal stories, and interpretations of legal and traditional Jewish (halakhic) texts bring to life the historic and ongoing struggle that the Women of the Wall face in their fight for religious and human rights. As has been widely reported in the media throughout the world for many years, physical violence, intimidation, debates with leading diaspora and Israeli rabbis, and legal battles in the Israel Supreme Court have not deterred the Women of the Wall. Their battle, begun in 1988, continues today. This story of courage inspires all who yearn for spiritual wholeness, and for a better world.
Book Details
| Book Name | Women Of The Wall: Claiming Sacred Ground At Judaism's Holy Site |
| Author | Phyllis Chesler, Rivka Haut |
| Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing (Apr 2002) |
| ISBN | 9781580231619 |
| Pages | 448 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1306 |
