The Western Wall Controversy
Abstract Since 1988 a group of Jewish women in Israel, who later organized as the “Women of the Wall,” have been battling to realize what they see as their right to hold a public prayer service, while wearing prayer shawls and phylacteries and reading from a Torah scroll, in the women’s section of t...
| Published in: | Journal of law, religion and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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| In: |
Journal of law, religion and state
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Temple (Jerusalem)
/ Interreligiosity
/ Quarreling
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations KBL Near East and North Africa ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Free Speech
B religious feelings B local custom B Freedom Of Religion B Equality B Western Wall |
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| Summary: | Abstract Since 1988 a group of Jewish women in Israel, who later organized as the “Women of the Wall,” have been battling to realize what they see as their right to hold a public prayer service, while wearing prayer shawls and phylacteries and reading from a Torah scroll, in the women’s section of the Western Wall Plaza. Some of the Orthodox are fiercely opposed to the WoW and its project. This issue has reached the Israeli courts several times and has repeatedly engaged the political system. This article examines whether one of the two positions can draw on constitutional arguments that would justify a ruling in its favor. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-00801001 |