Separate and Unequal at the Western Wall

The status of women at the Kotel (Western Wall) is in the news. You may have heard of The Women of the Wall, a group that meets monthly to pray together at the Kotel. Some members have been arrested for wearing prayer shawls. The controversy centers around whether these women are simply observing … [Read more...]

Parents of Emanuel Bet Yaakov Students Set to Go to Jail

Update below, and more here: Settlement in Emanuel Bet  Yaakov Segregation Dispute The parents of the "Beit Yaakov Hasidi," a breakaway girls' school in the small West Bank town of Emanuel, were found in contempt of court last month for refusing to send their children to an integrated school. … [Read more...]