Because of the serious security situation, the head of Women of the Wall (WoW) Anat Hoffman told the haredi chief rabbi of the Kotel (Western Wall) Shmuel Rabinovitch that WoW will not try to smuggle a Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Kotel when they hold their monthly women’s prayer session there Wednesday.
Women Of The Wall Won’t Try To Read From Torah At Kotel This Month, Group’s Leader Says
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Because of the serious security situation, the head of Women of the Wall (WoW) Anat Hoffman told the haredi chief rabbi of the Kotel (Western Wall) Shmuel Rabinovitch that WoW will not try to smuggle a Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Kotel when they hold their monthly women’s prayer session there Wednesday, Arutz Sheva reported.
Hoffman said WoW doesn’t want to tax police and security guards at the holy site now when they are already burdened with dealing with protecting worshippers at the Kotel during this sharp uptick in Palestinian terror attacks against Jews.
Rabinovitch has repeatedly denied use of a Torah scroll to the group, despite a strong ruling from a Jerusalem court that backed WoW’s right to read from a Torah scroll at the holy site.
But successive Israeli governments headed by Benjamin Netanyahu have refused to enforce the law or remove Rabinovitch.