Women of the wall film : Praying in her own voice

Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Praying-Her-Voice-Anat-Hoffman/dp/B002Y37PQS/ref=sr_1_4...

5 minutes from the acclaimed film:
Praying In Her Own Voice directed by Yael Katzir and produced by Dan Katzir and Ravit Markus.

This powerful film documents the courageous struggle of the famed "Women of the wall" movement. This group has spearheaded the battle for female equality in the religious world. Their main focus has been on the Wailing Wall - the holiest site for Jews where orthodox, conservative and reform women are not allowed to gather and pray. For the past decade they have challenged the government of Israel and the entire Jewish world by raising a lot of media attention both through colorful protests and by their unstoppable legal battle -- which has ended several times at the Israeli Supreme Court which made some very controversial rulings.

The story of the Women of the Wall is a test case for the deprived status of women in Israeli public life. The film is an outcry protesting religious coercion and the violent silencing of women. It's a film that raises many questions about the battle of the sexes within the religious Jewish world.
In this segment words by:
Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Lisa Edwards, Rabbi Naomi Levy, Rabbi Lynn Brody, Rabbi Denise Eger and head of WOW (Women of the wall) Anat Hoffman.

For more info:
http://www.newlovefilms.com/film_detail.php?recordID=4

Our blog:
http://womenofthewall.net/

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[thdju]

Why can't these women be left alone at the wall? Pray the way you want and leave other people alone! If Muslims came in and kick you out of the Kotel because they don't like the way you pray, you would be upset. Why does it hurt you for these women to wrap themselves in something that brings them closer to Judaism?

And p.s. I'm an Orthodox woman. I do my own thing and let others do the same. Live and let live!

[goodfilms4u]

Looks GREAT... I can't wait to see it !!!!!

[emencz]

@thdju These women aren't prophets or prophetesses. They're trying to redefine Judaism.

[naphtalite]

I got a question why can't women in the orthodox movement be Rabbis only to deal with issues only pertain to them?

[KingOystar]

Although Im Orthodox and STRONGLY disagree with what they are doing I do not agree with how some of the men throw chairs and curse at them.

[krungan]

@yos5499

i am single no need cover nothing

[IanHunedoara8]

While studying Judiasm I noticed that the Conservative and Reform communities have strong involvement by women while the Orthodox community is dominated by men with only a marginal peripheral involvement by women. There is a dissonance that needs to be addressed but the actions of the Kotel Women only produce the hysterical reaction to the " other"- the stamping of the feet , the cry of  "ossur" and worse yet, violence.

[yos5499]

I see many of their heads uncovered, why do they ignore Halacha?

[oofeewise]

@thdju Islam gives the right of any non-believer to practice as how they wish

[Yoshiyahu613]

If these silly women were actually interested in Judaism, and not their feminist rights, they would respect the primary source texts and what is written their concerning tallit, tefillin etc. Any scholar with more than a cretin's level of intelligence can see what these people are trying to do.

My son, fear thou Hashem and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change - Proverbs 24:21

[ZviJ1]

@27long And what, pray tell, are those ancient traditions?

[ZviJ1]

@elivingt In reality not even the Orthodox and their predecessors (pre-1800) entertained the notion that the Kotel haMa`aravi's plaza is an Orthodox synagogue until about the 1990's. Only at some point at that time did Orthodox powers-that-be establish it's an Orthodox synagogue. Please don't try to pull the wool over everybody's eyes and expect to get away with it.