The throwing of chairs pre-davening - WoW Rosh Chodesh Nisan (March) 2010

Women of the Wall - Rosh Chodesh Nisan (March) 2010. Before we even began davening, the Haredi men threw a ton of chairs over the mechitzah. Thank goodness the police arrived and it was all peaceful after that.

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[seeinsbelievin]

To those who say it was the act of a single individual, I ask why have rabbis not condemned his acts? Can those rabbis who recenlty appealed for assistance for an alleged child torturer not find the time to condemn such acts?

[thechrazin]

Bhstone: You should re-read Shmuel Aleph, perhaps with commentary. The reason why Eili HaKohen was taken aback by Channah's prayer was because she was praying silently alone and he mistook her for a drunk. Your implication that her prayer was unusual and surprising beacuse she was a woman praying in public is completely unsubstantiated and factually wrong.

[tjb70]

This Jewish man supports his sisters' holy endeavor! Those chair-throwing "Haredim" are cowards! Hashem will see your rights restored!

[bulgaar]

grote held Patz staat te oefen met stoelen gooien

[nblucas07]

@perrik7 What? That made very little sense. Segregation is against the core idea of democracy. If someone wants to pray alone, then go somewhere alone. If you believe you have to be at a certain building, looking at a certain statue or being around certain people, then you are far too caught up in the show you are putting on for others and less concerned with your relationship with God. You keep your extremists beliefs, the God I pray to doesn't care where or when I pray and who is present.

[perrik7]

@nblucas07 Actually, Democracy would give this man the freedom to pray in a segregated place .

If this women think that God want them to force man to pray together, i feel sorry for them

[nblucas07]

@perrik7 Actually, democracy would give those women the freedom to pray anywhere they please without having some idiotic, pharisaic men with outdated ideology accosting them. If these men believe that this is what God wants, I feel sorry for them.

[perrik7]

@nblucas07 people who like to keep seperation must have their own places too. the western wall is one of those places. for the last 3000 years.

sorry, but democracy cant force them to mingle.

[nblucas07]

@perrik7 So here you speak of human rights, yet you say that these women HAVE to be kept separate from the men when they pray and also that it is ok for these men to throw chairs at them. You are a walking contradiction. I understand that your views are pedantic because of your extremist ideas and Pharisaic ideology. Your views contradict human rights. YOU!

[perrik7]

@nblucas07 Maybe you dont understand, I have no problem with democracy as long as it doesnt contradict human rights.

[nblucas07]

@perrik7 You understand as much about the word democracy as a dog knows about being a human.