For generations, Jews around the world have faced Jerusalem in prayer.
Now, a bill in Israel’s Knesset could give the Chief Rabbinate the power to define which prayer is “acceptable” at the Western Wall — and potentially criminalize egalitarian worship.
In this clip from The Pluralist Podcast, Orly Erez Likhovski and Josh Weinberg discuss:
• Why dismissing this bill as “just politics” is dangerous
• What message it sends to liberal Jews worldwide
• Why the Kotel is more than a plaza — it’s the symbolic heart of Jewish peoplehood
• And what Israelis and Diaspora Jews can do now
At a time of rising antisemitism globally — and unprecedented support from Diaspora communities for Israel — this debate raises a deeper question:
Is Israel the homeland of all Jews?
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