Conservative Movement Leaders Protest Treatment of Women of Wall

In a newly released statement, Conservative Jewish leaders are protesting the recent detention of Anat Hoffman, Director of the Israeli Religious Action Center and a founding member of Women of the Wall, and the arrest this past November of Nofrat Frankel, who was detained for the "crime" of wearing a tallit and carrying a Sefer Torah during worship services organized by Women of the Wall on Rosh Hodesh Heshvan in the women's section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Calling these actions "a wedge [driven] between our communities at a time when working for unity within Israel and enhancing the connection between Diaspora Jewish communities and Israel should be a primary concern", the leaders of the Conservative Movement are calling on members to write letters of protest to Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren. Click here for the full text of the Conservative Jewish Leadership statement. Letters of Ambassador Oren may be emailed to info@washington.mfa.gov.il, or mailed to the Embassy of Israel, 3514 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008.

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