The Jewish Taliban in Jerusalem
Jewish Woman Arrested for Praying in a Prayer Shawl

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
November 18, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/654/the-jewish-taliban-in-jerusalem

Excerpt:

Earlier today, Nofrat Frenkel, a Jewish woman, was arrested in Jerusalem for the crime of trying to pray with a Torah and for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall (the "Kotel"). Frenkel was not alone. She was part of a woman's prayer group (the Women of the Wall) which today consisted of 40 other women, some of whom are American Jews. Frenkel was "pushed into a nearby police station and then transferred to the main police station at Yaffo Gate." But, the 40 women formed a procession and followed the police; they remained at the station, singing" (probably praying and chanting psalms) until the police released Frenkel.

According to one of the visiting Americans, Rabbi Felicia Sol, "It is ridiculous that in a Jewish state that is supposedly democratic, women cannot pray the way they want to and only one definition of Judaism is accepted."

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