I have written many times before about Women of the Wall, most recently here

The group will not meet on Rosh Hashanah, however there will be an incredible 25th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem for Rosh Chodesh Kislev. Here is the information about a special mission to Israel. If you are a rabbi here is the information about a special trip just for you.

Change can be really hard. However, in this case change is necessary. Women MUST be able to worship freely at the Western Wall. I pray that 5774 will be the year that religious pluralism will be returned to Jerusalem!

I’m participating in #blogelul this year. There are different writing prompts for every day as Jews around the world begin to prepare in body and spirit for the New Year, Rosh Hashanah. I don’t post on my blog on Shabbat so on Sunday I will select one of the themes from Saturday or Sunday for my posting. Here’s the Elul theme calendar.