Israel’s High Court of Justice has instructed the government to come up with an appropriate arrangement to enable a group of women to hold egalitarian services at the Western Wall.
The grass-roots group, Women of the Wall, had petitioned the court for the right to conduct services there that would include women reading from the Torah and wearing tallitot.
During the group’s previous attempts to worship at the Western Wall plaza, the women were assaulted by fervently Orthodox men and women.
In addition, the court told the Religious Affairs Ministry to pay for all the legal expenses of Women of the Wall.
In the past, the court has issued similar directives concerning the wall, but they were not heeded.
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