Coverage Round-Up: Anat Hoffman Arrest

Last week, Anat Hoffman, leader of Women of the Wall and Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center was arrested at the Western Wall. Anat was praying with more than 200 women when she was taken into custody for wearing a tallit and disturbing public order by praying out loud. Her arrest and the reaction of the Reform Jewish community has been widely covered in the press. See below for a roundup of coverage from a variety of media sources. Subscribe to the ARZA Blog to stay up to date on this important issue, and be sure to sign ARZA’s petition to the Israeli government!

• Official Statement from the Reform Movement
• Letter from IMPJ to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• Anat Hoffman Arrested at the Kotel (a video from Women of the Wall)
• Reform leaders call for probe into Israeli colleague’s arrest, police treatment (The Times of Israel)
• Anat Hoffman’s arrest at Western Wall galvanizing liberal Jewish groups (JTA)
• Leader of Jewish women’s group arrested for ‘singing’ at Western Wall (Haaretz)
• Interview and Q&A with Anat Hoffman about her recent arrest at the Kotel (a video from Pro Zion UK)
• An Arrest in Jerusalem (Times of Israel Blog)