To American Jews, the Women of the Wall are struggling for human rights and women’s status. To Israelis, neither the one nor the other is under threat.
Read more on Commentary: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/provocation-at-the-wall/
Provocation at the Wall https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2013/10/provocation-at-the-wall/
About the author: Evelyn Gordon is a commentator and former legal-affairs reporter who immigrated to Israel in 1987. In addition to Mosaic, she has published in the Jerusalem Post, Azure, Commentary, and elsewhere. She blogs at Evelyn Gordon.