Now Reading
Woman Arrested for Carrying Torah Speaks to Blog
Slut for Slicha
A Very Jewcy Rosh Hashanah
Snipped and Satisfied
Schtupless in Seattle
Gefilte Guilt
Messy Meshugane. Again.

Woman Arrested for Carrying Torah Speaks to Blog

Following the arrest today of Anat Hoffman – chair of Women of the Wall, and former Jerusalem municipal council member – for being a woman holding a Torah at the Western Wall plaza, Hoffman offered her first-hand account of this morning’s events to The Sisterhood. She said:

We did nothing wrong. We were fully within the guidelines of the Supreme Court ruling which allows us to hold the Torah. We were not reading from the Torah. We were just singing and praying, and on our way to Robinson’s Arch to complete the service, as per the terms of the Supreme Court. There was absolutely no reason for me to be arrested.

Read the rest of this story here.

 

View Comments (6)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Scroll To Top