{"id":13354,"date":"2013-04-11T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T18:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=13354"},"modified":"2013-04-11T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T18:14:36","slug":"the-global-war-against-women-that-western-wall-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=13354","title":{"rendered":"The Global War Against Women: that Western Wall again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, the New York Times headline yesterday looks pretty good: “Compromise Is Proposed On Western Wall Praying.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh fine, you say, now I don’t have to pay any more attention to this.<\/p>\n

But yes you do. Because when you read further into Isabel Kershner’s story, you see this, re the “compromise:”<\/p>\n

Mr. [Natan] Sharansky’s proposal involves expanding and improving the areas accessible for prayer at the wall to include the southern section…which…would be open for Jews wishing to pray in a less Orthodox, more egalitarian style 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The main prayer section, which is now divided into men’s and women’s sections, would remain the domain of more traditional worshippers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That’s my bolding there. So this great compromise which will allow women to pray at the wall however they like, wearing whatever they like is condescendingly tantamount to making a nice balcony in your synagogue only for women. And hanging a curtain in the front to make sure that no man can glance up at women while he’s at that so serious, exclusively male business of talking to god.<\/p>\n

That is, fundamentalist Judaism still separates men from women, and by this separation, distinguishes women as second class. And Israel is still caving to fundamentalism in their politics.<\/p>\n

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Well, the New York Times headline yesterday looks pretty good: “Compromise Is Proposed On Western Wall Praying.” Oh fine, you say, now I don’t have to pay any more attention to this. But yes you do. Because when you read … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t