ANT 325L Chapter Notes - Chapter WoW: Unending, Minyan, Rosh Chodesh
8 Sep 2016
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The women of the wall want to participate in communal prayer in the women"s section of the western wall in jerusalem. Orthodox, conservative, reform and secular women are all represented. The religious and political establishment in israel is resisting giving them recognition they deserve. Is a metaphor for israel"s evolving national identity and for pluralism in judaism. Female communal prayer is considered heresy by ultra-orthodox rabbis in charge of the. Traditionally only men have served on the minyan. While the halakhah does not ban women, rabbis say they must respect the custom and leave it the way it is. Israel is one of the few democracies that does not have a formal constitution but the freedom of religion and equality are part of it"s constitutional system. Arguably, the time was ripe for the wow movement. Leadership of the jewish community emerged that was devoted to defending the. State of israel in the context of the arab-israeli conflict.
