Aug 9, 2021 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Jewish Pluralism Watch, Masorti Movement Blog
After Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, the ultra-Orthodox Rosh Yeshiva of Har Bracha in the West Bank, was quoted in an article in Arutz 7 making comments surprisingly supportive of Masorti (and Reform) Jews, I decided to get in touch with him. I was curious, of course, and...
Jul 22, 2021 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Masorti Matters Blog
A week ago I had the honor and pleasure to attend early morning prayers at the egalitarian Family Kotel, a section also known as Ezrat Yisrael, that is coordinated by the Masorti Movement of Israel. Here we gathered –men and women, rabbis and lay people,...
Mar 12, 2019 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Masorti Movement Blog
In a searing Opinion piece published by Haaretz on March 12th, Executive Director of the Masorti Movement, Yizhar Hess, pours out his heart–and his disgust and frustration–at the shameful behavior of the Orthodox as they viciously attacked Women of the...
Mar 8, 2019 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Masorti Movement Blog
When Adar begins, we increase…This morning I saw a large group of Jews who have changed this well-known phrase about announcing the arrival of the month of Adar. The month that symbolizes the imminent arrival of spring and with it, the festivals of redemption of the...
Mar 8, 2019 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Masorti Matters Blog
On a day that should have been one of celebration — Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh of Adar, International Women’s Day and the 30th anniversary of our friends and partners at Women of the Wall (WOW) — we instead saw hate, violence, incitement and a tear in the...
Sep 28, 2018 | Azarat Yisrael (Masorti Kotel/Robinson’s Arch), Masorti Matters Blog
Scanning stories that reflect on conflicts in the relationship between Diaspora Jewry and Israel, no issue is more central the fight for pluralism and equality for all streams of Judaism at Judaism’s holiest site, the Kotel. While this is an issue of paramount...
