Klal Yisrael, Say No: Tell the Israeli Government “No” to Undermining Halachah

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For decades after its liberation, Jews of all affiliations – or no affiliation – prayed at the Kosel in accordance with the 1,500-year-old prayer tradition at the site. 

Recently, the Reform movement orchestrated a crisis in “Diaspora-Israel relations” and convinced Israeli politicians that a “Kotel Compromise” is necessary. Following negotiations between the Israeli government, Women of the Wall, and Reform and Conservative movements, the Israeli government’s solution – the Kotel Compromise – would partition the Kosel into two plazas – the “traditional” Kosel Plaza, and a plaza dedicated for mixed prayer. This, said the Reform and Conservative movements, would mend the rift between Diaspora Jews and Israel.

The new government in Israel is planning to implement this plan in the coming months.

Am Echad, an organization aimed at uniting Jews from the Diaspora and Israel around the values of our 3,000-year-old heritage, deepening cooperation among our communities, and upholding Jewish interests in Israel and around the world, has launched a campaign to let the Israeli government know that large swaths of Diaspora Jewry oppose any change in the status quo at the Kosel. The goal of this campaign is to give a voice to Diaspora Jews, who believe that it is partitioning the Kosel that would create a rift between Israel and the Jewish communities worldwide. Let’s tell the Israeli government that hundreds of thousands of Diaspora Jews want to continue worshipping the way that Jews have done for thousands of years.

CLICK HERE to sign the petition and tell the Israeli government, “No! Don’t divide the Kosel!”