Women of the Wall: Claiming Sacred Ground at Judaism's Holy Site
- ISBN-10
- 1683365038
- ISBN-13
- 9781683365037
- Series
- Women of the Wall
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-10-01
- Publisher
- Jewish Lights Publishing
- Authors
- Phyllis Chesler, Rivka Haut
Description
This passionate book documents the legendary grassroots and legal struggle of a determined group of Jewish women from Israel, the United States, and other parts of the world to win the right to pray out loud together as a group at the Western Wall.
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- 2017-06-01
- 248 pages
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