26.01.2012                      02.Schwat. 5772

Jüdische Welt:

Rabbis hold 1st mixed-prayer service in Knesset

Group of male, female rabbis and communal leaders from North America make afternoon prayers as per conservative customs.

A historic prayer service was conducted in the Knesset on Wednesday by a leadership mission of the North American Masorti-Conservative movement, the first mixed men’s and women’s service ever held there.

<> The group, comprised of male and female rabbis and communal leaders from the US and Canada, met with several MKs to discuss the issue of religion and state, including Ministers Dan Meridor (Likud) and Uzi Landau (Israel Beiteinu), as well as Kadima’s Yohanan Plesner and Orit Zuaretz….