Rabbis for Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel

A trans-denominational rabbinical network

2016.02.01

RRFEI response to the Western Wall compromise agreement

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The agreement is described in Hebrew here: [link], and in English here: [link] RRFEI gives great credit to the Reform movement and Conservative movements, and the Women of the Wall for making the painful sacrifice of giving up their demands of being allowed to hold egalitarian prayer services and women’s minyanim at the traditional Western Wall plaza. While a section of the … [Read more...] about RRFEI response to the Western Wall compromise agreement

A response to Kotel agreement skeptics by Rabbi Stanley Davids, RRFEI Executive Committee

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This agreement IS a compromise. The Rabbanut has won full legal control over what the world normally considers to be the Western Wall and its plaza. In return, liberal forces have gained a promise and guarantee (for whatever that is worth) that within two years a large space next to that other side of the Western Wall will be fully open for pluralistic services with no control … [Read more...] about A response to Kotel agreement skeptics by Rabbi Stanley Davids, RRFEI Executive Committee

The Kotel compromise agreement – an historic moment?

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Is this an historic moment? Only time will tell. I have often wished for the gift of prophecy, alas, it has never been granted. We come to this crossroad in history: the expansion of the praying area of the Kotel and a sort of recognition of liberal Judaism, specifically the Reform and Conservative movements, in the eyes of the current Israeli government. Some would say for … [Read more...] about The Kotel compromise agreement – an historic moment?