Yesterday a group of about 50 gathered outside the Israel Embassy to express solidarity with Anat Hoffman and protest the fact that a woman would be arrested by the state's police forces for carrying a Torah scroll in public in the kotel plaza (see video at the end of this post).
Frum Forum quoted Rabbi Bernstein and me as did the Jerusalem Post.
My comments and Rabbi Reiner's can be seen here:
Kol Hakavod, Sinai was well represented at the gathering by Elizabeth R., Margot F., Joyce S., Chris A., Lisa G., Sherry R., and Rabbis Oleon, Reiner, Asch, Bernstein and me. After the Hoffman rally, I joined a later meeting (already scheduled with the embassy staff) to discuss Israel-Vatican relations. It gave me a short opportunity to talk with some embassy staff about the Hoffman case though they could not express any opinions on behalf of the government regarding this case.
If you are not familiar with this story, here is the video of Hoffman's arrest:
Women of the Wall has more about the arrest on their website.
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