Prayer At The Western Wall Essay

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Quote: “For the past 24 years on the first day of every Hebrew month, a group that calls themselves “women of the wall”, have gathered here at the western wall, for a prayer service. But in Israeli law, and a 2003 supreme court ruling prevent them from wearing prayer shawls, or praying with the torah as they would like to. Because it is said that it would provoke outrage among the ultra-orthodox who dominate” (Elterman, 0:23).

Question: The quote above left me asking so many questions of how a country can dictate a branch of the Jewish culture from being able to pray where they want to. How can a countries government not allow these people to pray where they want to? The Western Wall is a holy place for they Jewish religion, but now not all parts of the Jewish faith are allowed to pray in the same area. There must be a separate of church and state, as it is in the United States. What are some ways that we can advocate for the equality for people to pray at the Western Wall where they please to?

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It doesn’t make sense to me that they were arrested for wearing their prayer shawls, and holding the torah. This is no different than a catholic going to a Chapel, or Church with a bible to pray. I don’t think it is fair at all that women are being arrested for simply practicing their religion in a peaceful way. Looking back at the quote it is astonished that they are basing their decision on the outrage that would come from the majority group. This is just another form of racism, or sexism and should not be tolerated. An example of this would be a law preventing Blacks from going to pray at a Chapel because it might cause outrage with the Whites. The country is causing this divide of women from the rest of the culture, and blaming women for these issues when it is the government that is treating them

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