Some Orthodox women protested the service ... on the plan to create the egalitarian prayer area next to the Western Wall. JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two haredi men were arrested after allegedly throwing chairs at women preparing to pray at the Western ... which in the past has upset ultra-Orthodox visitors to the wall.

This is a fascinating journey into the world of women in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Jerusalem toward the ... and fulfillment confined to the male world of Torah study and prayer. Margalit ...

The Bat Mitzvah is only practised by Reform and Liberal Jewish communities ... but she will not lead prayers or read from the Torah. Orthodox Jews see women and men as having different roles ...

A synagogue is a place where Jewish people go to worship ... and it reminds us that God is always present. In Orthodox synagogues, women and men sit separately. In ours, they sit at the same ...

This contrasted strangely with my experience of Jewish funerals ... were mainly of the Orthodox variety. The whole process was conducted in Hebrew and was steeped in prayer and ritual.