Women of the Wall

Richly detailed, concise study --Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues The fight for gender equality at the Western Wall in Jerusalem is a fascinating story, well told in this book. But Jobani and Perez have a larger ambition: to help us understand how the state should deal with religious diversity and disagreement. They have produced a finely nuanced and highly persuasive defense of the necessary dividing line between religion and politics. --Michael Walzer, Emeritus Professor of Social Science, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton The history of world Jewry will owe a great debt of gratitude to Yuval Jobani and Nahshon Perez for their comprehensive, authoritative, invaluable account of the women's 30-year struggle for the right to pray with dignity at Jerusalem's Western Wall. -Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author of Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America This excellent analysis of the role of the Women of the Western Wall in promoting pluralism demonstrates that state support for the dominant cultural view at the expense of diverse groups endangers democracy. -Frances Raday, Counsel for Women of the Wall, Professor of Law, Hebrew University As the first comprehensive academic study of the group Women of the Wall [WoW], this volume makes important contributions to several scholarly fields... a rich, complex volume of import to a wide range of disciplines including gender studies, law, political science, and religious studies... The work is a timely contribution to scholarly discussions on contemporary feminism both inside and outside particular traditions. --Reading Religion (RR), a publication of the American Academy of Religion (AAR)