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Anat Hoffman Arrested for Singing at Western Wall

By JTA, October 17, 2012

Anat Hoffman was arrested Tuesday evening for “disturbing public order.”

The organization posted on its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon that Hoffman was in court. “She is being accused of singing out loud at the kotel, disturbing peace,” the post read.

 

  Israeli Activist Arrested at Western Wall

By AP, October 17, 2012

Israeli police say they have arrested a female Jewish activist leader for wearing a traditionally male prayer shawl at a Jerusalem holy site, an act police prohibit because of Orthodox Jewish sensitivities.

     
 
A Seder for all in need
Immigrants Celebrate Special Israeli Seder

By Nathan Jeffay, the Forward, April 06, 2012

African Refugees Know Meaning of Passover Story Firsthand

 

Advocacy group: Refugee screening designed to reject all applicants

 By Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz, 12.04.12

Out of thousands of requests for refugee status submitted in Israel last year, only eight were approved, says a new report by a leading refugee rights attorney.

Israeli official defends move to reduce women's hours on Haredi radio station

By Emilie Grunzweig, Haaretz, 11.04.12

According to the decision made two weeks ago, every week the station will have women on the air for four hours, rather than the six hours of a previous agreement.

 

Israeli activist asks: Why is there no religious pluralism in Israel?

 By AARON HOWARD, The Jewish Herald-Voice, March 29, 2012

Who owns the Kotel? The Western Wall, considered the holiest place in the Jewish world, is supposed to be a unifying place where all Jews can come to pray.

Non-Orthodox Angry Over Hotel Discrimination

By JTA, The Jewish Forward, April 11, 2012

Leaders of the Israeli Reform and Conservative movements sent a letter of complaint to the Israeli government charging that Israeli hotels discriminate against non-Orthodox Jews.

 

How is this box different from all other boxes?
Video: Still living in exile

By HADAS PARUSH, Jpost.com 08/04/2012

Hundreds of refugees are written back into history during alternative Passover Seder.

 

 
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