Podcasts about Anat Hoffman

There were whistles and angry shouts of “Go back to New York” and “Get Lost” last Wednesday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, as a group of observant Jewish women known as Women of the Wall conducted their monthly morning prayer service–complete with a small Torah scroll they'd smuggled in with them. Using the scroll is against the rules set down by the holy site's authorities, which still only permits men to have the sacred scrolls or to chant prayers out loud. And as has happened for years, the women had to run a gauntlet of security forces who searched them for religious items, and they also had to endure noisy insults and even physical attacks from Haredi men and women who oppose the women's non-Orthodox methods of praying at the Kotel. Red juice was thrown at the women's prayer shawls. The Israeli courts have just handed a legal victory of sorts to the women, thanks to a ruling by a Jerusalem judge that they can no longer be subjected to invasive special searches of their bags and purses for religious articles. However, the ruling stopped short of legalizing their requests to use Torahs. On this Tisha b'Av episode of The CJN Daily, producer Zac Kauffman took his recording gear into the crowd to bring us this special on-the-ground report. He talks to the women involved in the service, and to some protesters, including one with Canadian roots, who came to drown them out. What we talked about Learn more about the Canadian woman with the Women of the Wall, Rachel Cohen Yeshurun,_ _working to expand egalitarian prayer services at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on The CJN Daily. Read when Israel's government proposed to expand prayers for non-Orthodox at the Kotel, in 2017, in The CJN. Anat Hoffman, founder of Women of the Wall, bringing social change to Israel, in The CJN. Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our intern is Ashok Lamichhane (@jesterschest on Twitter).Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here.

At the same time as the Torah turns its pages to describe the creation and pattern of the Temple, with men, women, and children mixed together, and the haftarah describes the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem as the same, the Israeli government reneges on the Kotel Agreement to provide a separate space for mixed gender worship near the Wailing Wall, even while turning over the Wall officially to ultra extremist fundamentalist Jews who claim that the inclusion of women --or women leading prayer in the women's section-- is a fundamental affront to the original pattern (which is a lie).  In this presentation, I quote extensively from three sources:  the Haaretz article from 2020 called "What Yuval Noah Harari Thinks About Women's Fight for Equal Rights at the Western Wall," David Golinkin's 2011 article "Is the Entire Kotel Plaza Really a Synagogue?" and Rabbinical Assembly's 2022 "Statement on Non-Implementation of Kotel Agreement."

8 de março é Dia Internacional da Mulher. Não necessariamente um dia de comemorar, mas com certeza pensar no papel que ocupamos na sociedade. Dentro disso, está o judaísmo. Uma das instituições mais conhecidas na luta das mulheres por espaço na religião são as Mulheres do Muro, ou, em hebraico, as Nashot HaKotel. Hoje, temos o prazer de receber Anat Hoffman, presidente do conselho das Women of the Wall. Apresentação de Amanda Hatzyrah, Ana Buchmann (Malka) e Anita Efraim.

In 1988, a group of Jewish feminists demanded the right to pray as freely as Jewish men at one of Judaism’s holiest sites. They called themselves the ‘Women of the Wall’. The organisation is made up of every Jewish denomination including reform, conservative and orthodox Jews. Its focus is one of the holiest sites in Judaism - the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Rachael Gillman has been speaking to Anat Hoffman, one of the founding members of 'Women of the Wall'. (Photo: Members of 'Women of the Wall' praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, holding their prayer shawls. Getty Images.)

Anat Hoffman, outspoken and dynamic Israeli activist, joins Jay’s 4 Questions to talk about her passion for justice, why she fights for an Israel for all Jews, and her lifelong pursuit to make the best possible Kosher eggs benedict.

Anat is the director of Women of the Wall, and executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center. In 2017, the Jerusalem Post named her 8th on their list of the 50 Most Influential Jews worldwide.

Anat Hoffman is the Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center and is the director and a founding member of Women of the Wall. Anat works 24/7 to bring equality and religious freedom to Judaism in Israel, particularly fighting for women's equality and for the freedom of Jewish expression and practice in Israel, where there is no separation of religion and state. Anat talks about her life growing up in her brother's shade and how that contributed to her becoming the activist that she is. She also shares her advice for when choosing a life partner. You can contact Anat at womenofthewall.org Let me know what you think of this episode and the subjects Anat brings up. You can join the discussion on our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SWCmembersonly See you there! Have a truly awesome day, and stay strong! Edie  

Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israeli Religious Action Center, was a founding member of Women of the Wall as well as a Board member of the Israel Women’s Network, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and many other Israeli organizations for social change. This talk touches on several issues that pertain to the struggle between narrow-minded Judaism and pluralistic Judaism and to the contribution of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) to advance a pluralistic living environment in Jerusalem. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30704]

Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israeli Religious Action Center, was a founding member of Women of the Wall as well as a Board member of the Israel Women’s Network, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and many other Israeli organizations for social change. This talk touches on several issues that pertain to the struggle between narrow-minded Judaism and pluralistic Judaism and to the contribution of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) to advance a pluralistic living environment in Jerusalem. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30704]

Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israeli Religious Action Center, was a founding member of Women of the Wall as well as a Board member of the Israel Women’s Network, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and many other Israeli organizations for social change. This talk touches on several issues that pertain to the struggle between narrow-minded Judaism and pluralistic Judaism and to the contribution of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) to advance a pluralistic living environment in Jerusalem. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30704]

Anat Hoffman from Women of the Wall talks about a new egalitarian prayer area by The Western Wall, Shazia Mirza tells us about appearing at JW3 and on the Scmooze we discuss equality for women verses religious traditions.

The Israeli government has announced plans to build a mixed gender prayer section at the Western wall. Campaigners are celebrating a groundbreaking decision, but Palestinians, the ultra Orthodox and archaeologists are not happy. We hear from Anat Hoffman from "Women of the Western Wall". Journalist Judy Maltz gives us the background. Next Tuesday Hampton court chapel will host what is believed to be the first Catholic service since the Reformation. Trevor Barnes charts the chapel's religious and musical history during the Tudor era, as the country switched back and forth between the Catholic and Protestant faiths. The victim of alleged assault by the former Bishop of Chichester George Bell, who was awarded compensation by the Church of England last year, has broken her silence to speak about her experience. Edward speaks to Joel Adams from the Brighton Argus. The Catholic diocese of Salford is touring shopping centres through Lent on its "Mercy Bus" - Rosie Dawson gets on board. A report released by Cambridge University has compiled the experiences of 50 male converts to Islam. Kevin Boquet speaks to the author of the report and hears from some of the participants. Pope Francis is heading off on his travels again. Next week he lands in Mexico. He's expected to speak about against the drug cartels responsible for the murders of 11 Catholic priests in the last 3 years. Will he also address the challenge of the Zika virus? Edward speaks to the BBC's correspondent in Mexico before hosting a live discussion about whether the Catholic church needs to re-think its position on contraception and abortion in the light of the crisis? Producers: Rosie Dawson Peter Everett Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.

In this episode we talk with Rachel Cohen Yeshurun of Women of the Wall in Israel who regularly reads the Torah at the Western Wall in defiance of law on the New Moon with other women. We talk about the history of why women haven’t been allowed to pray equally at the Wall, the role of the current government in that discrimination, and how it relates to Israeli LGBTQA rights. What does it mean to be able to pray together? Why is it important to have equality for all genders in religion? Note: This interview was recorded at the beginning of October. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get it released before the prayer times mentioned in the interview. However, Rachel does mention that the prayers at the Wall happen monthly, and that you’re welcome to join them on the new moon from wherever you are to pray in solidarity with them. Rachel Cohen Yeshurun was schooled at Bais Yaakov of Montreal and was active with Beth Ora Synagogue youth. Rachel made aliyah in 1989 but took 22 years to discover Women Of the Wall! She received a Bsc. in Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently studying towards a second degree in Computer Science. Rachel works as a computer programmer and is chair of Kehilla Masortit Ma’aleh Adumim. She was the chair of Women of the Wall, and more recently taking on the role of gabbait for the group. Links Women of the Wall Website Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womenofthewall Blowing the shofar - with Rachel pictured on the left with the Torah scroll they managed to smuggle in:  https://www.facebook.com/womenofthewall/photos/pb.319876005672.-2207520000.1444147646./10153504442510673 Video (with English subtitles) where you can see Dana Sharon, the chair of Jerusalem Open House, in tears as she's honoured with the Torah scroll reading in memory of Shira Banki who was murdered the week before at the Jerusalem Pride parade by an Ultra-Orthodox fanatic: https://youtu.be/3cF0ZYY5P2E Here's one of my Rachel’s favourite videos. This has music produced by Women of the Wall's chair Anat Hoffman's daughter who is an aspiring movie producer: https://youtu.be/KUmxZT9PWY0 An education video done by Women of the Wall intern and HUC-JIR Rabbinical Student Allison Cohen: https://youtu.be/hd3TFsnZJHM.

Special speaker, Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center/Chair of the Board of Women of the Wall during the March 13 6pm service.

Robin speaks with guests Stacy Jewell Lewis, a survivor of sex slavery; Elizabeth Evatt on endangered human rights; Anat Hoffman on confronting Israel's orthodox fundamentalists; and Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, YWCA CEO, on the Y as a feminist hotbed.