Police detained 10 women for donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday. They are part of the group Women of the Wall, which... Women In Prayer Shawls Detained At Judaism's ...

The Monday arrests are just the latest round in an ongoing struggle at the Wall. In November, six women were arrested for praying with a prayer shawl, and in August, four women were detained for the ...

A group of 16 members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition submitted a bill to the Knesset on Sunday that would prohibit any practices at the Western Wall that are not ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On a brisk winter day last month, six women gathered in a cozy room at Sacred Heart Glyndon, a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Several congregations in Huntsville and other cities have found tangible ways to wrap people in prayer through making and giving away crocheted shawls and hand-knit blankets. The ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Phyllis Elrich "always loved the comfort of the tallit" so she eagerly joined in a project to make about a dozen women's prayer shawls that were blessed last Friday at Temple ...

In a major victory for feminist religious group Women of the Wall (and for all women who want to worship freely at one of Judaism’s holiest sites), an Israeli court ruled on Thursday that women could ...

Police in Jerusalem on Monday detained 10 women for wearing the tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl traditionally worn by men, while praying at the Western Wall. The Women of the Wall have been fighting for ...

Women of the Wall activists have been arrested several times before for their activities. Most recently, a woman was detained in June for praying with a prayer shawl, and Women of the Wall head Anat ...

Three women were detained after attempting to pray at the Western Wall in Jewish prayer shawls. The women, part of a group of about 40 from the Women of the Wall group, were praying at the wall ...