IRAC Exec. Director Arrested at the Western Wall
Last night Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center and chairwoman of Women of the Wall, was arrested at the Western Wall. This occurred during a prayer service in the...
View ArticleWRJ Statement: Arrest Highlights Importance of Women’s Rights
This week, in Israel, women were praying and those women were arrested. This is a tragedy that must not happen again! Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center and...
View ArticleSH’MA SMACKDOWN: Let Us Be Heard!
Much has been written in recent days about the arrest of Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Reform Movement’s Israel Religious Action Center, at the Kotel while wearing a tallit and saying Sh’ma...
View ArticleSh’ma Smackdown: Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5773
by Rabbi Laura Novak Winer Tonight is Rosh Chodesh Kislev. Here in Fresno, California a group of 25 women from Temple Beth Israel gathered together to study Torah and midrash, recite Sh’ma while...
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Understanding the Greece v. Galloway Decision
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled (5-4) in Town of Greece, NY v. Galloway that sectarian prayer before a legislative session does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Since...
View ArticleReproductive Rights at the Court: Contraceptive Coverage for Religious...
There has been a lot of buzz about some of the cases that the Supreme Court will take up this term. Two of these cases are about issues concerning reproductive rights, and could bemajor decisions with...
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Nominee
On March 16, 2016 President Obama made his third nomination to the Supreme Court, tapping Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to be...
View ArticleSCOTUS Sunrise: Recapping Oral Argument in Zubik v. Burwell
On Wednesday, the Religious Action Center’s Assistant Legislative Director Sarah Greenberg and I arrived at the Supreme Court well before sunrise and waited hours in line to attend oral arguments for...
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