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    • Kotel Announcement: News Roundup

    Kotel Announcement: News Roundup

    Posted on: 
    Wednesday August 28, 2013

    Op-Eds by Julie Schonfeld and Ashira Konigsburg

    • Leveling the Playing Field of Religious Struggle by Julie Schonfeld [Jerusalem Post]
    • The Women’s Section by Ashira Konigsburg [Times of Israel]

    About the Plan

    • Prayer Plaza in Jerusalem for Both Sexes Ignites Uproar [NY Times]
    • Ahead of High Holidays, Bennett unveils new platform for egalitarian prayer [JTA]
    • An English Kotel Plan, or a Hebrew Kotel Plan? [Jewish Journal]
    • Western Wall Egalitarian Plaza Greeted with Skepticism [Times of Israel]
    • Bennett Unveils New Platform for Egalitarian Prayer [Times of Israel]
    • Women of the Wall Scorns New Non-Orthodox Prayer Site as ‘Sunbathing Deck’ [Haaretz]
    • Likelihood Growing that Women of the Wall Demands Will Not Be Met [Jerusalem Post]

    Post-Announcement News:

    • Bennett Calls on Jews to Visit Robinson's Arch for Rosh Hashana [Jerusalem Post]
    • What was Bennett’s Big Rush to Announce Western Wall Plan? [Haaretz]
    • Is New Kotel Plan Meant To Split Advocates For Equal Prayer Rights? [Jewish Week]
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