No Justice for Women in Israel

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Israel holds 10 women for wearing prayer shawls at holy site

JERUSALEM — Israeli police detained 10 women at one of Judaism's most sacred sites on Monday for wearing prayer shawls, which Orthodox tradition sees as solely for men, a spokesman said.

The Western Wall is administered under strict Orthodox ritual law, which bars women from wearing prayer shawls or publicly reading from the holy scriptures.

Among those held was Susan Silverman, a reform rabbi who is a sister of U.S. comedian Sarah Silverman. Two other American citizens and Israeli members of "Women of the Wall", a group that campaigns for gender equality in religious practice, were also detained.

Susan Silverman, who immigrated to Israel from Boston, said police escorted the group, including her 17-year-old daughter, to a station after they refused to remove prayer shawls.

The rabbi said in a telephone interview from the police station where the group was held that they had been among more than 100 women attending the hour-long prayer session.

"They (police) said 'take off your prayer shawls', and we said 'no'," Silverman said. Once the prayers were over they were escorted away, she said.

Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for national police, said the women had acted "against regulations set by the High Court", citing a decision of a decade ago upholding Orthodox rules at the site to avoid friction between worshippers.

Silverman said the Orthodox tradition barring women from wearing prayer shawls amounted to "spitting on Sinai", naming the site where the Bible says God handed the ancient Israelite leader Moses the 10 Commandments.

"All Jews are in a covenant with God," regardless of their gender, she said.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130211/US-ISRAEL-RELIGION-WOMEN/

Terrible and just wrong!

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The Western Wall is administered under strict Orthodox ritual law, which bars women from wearing prayer shawls or publicly reading from the holy scriptures.

i'm sure they knew what they were getting into. doesn't everyone know that women are subhuman in most orthodox religious sects?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i'm sure they knew what they were getting into. doesn't everyone know that women are subhuman in most orthodox religious sects?

Do you think it is time to select a woman pope?

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Do you think it is time to select a woman pope?

Silly lib. Pope is a full-time job, you can't take a week off every month!

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Do you think it is time to select a woman pope?

won't happen. nope.

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Silly lib. Pope is a full-time job, you can't take a week off every month!

But then again, it must be some miracle from god if a 70+ year old woman is still on the rag, no?

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But then again, it must be some miracle from god if a 70+ year old woman is still on the rag, no?

Allahu Akbar, as they say.

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But then again, it must be some miracle from god if a 70+ year old woman is still on the rag, no?

imagine how much diamond incrusted tampons will cost!

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That sounds painful and I don't even have a #######.