Western Wall Law Passed a Stage – Then Stopped at Simcha Rothman

MK Avi Maoz's Western Wall Law passed a preliminary reading but got stuck in MK Simcha Rothman's Constitution Committee, which refrained from advancing it due to opposition to a ban on mixed-gender prayers at the southern plaza. The author calls for completing the legislation immediately after the elections.

MK Avi Maoz's Western Wall Law, which stipulates that conduct at the Western Wall will be solely according to the Chief Rabbinate's ruling, passed a preliminary reading about eight months ago, but has since been stuck in MK Simcha Rothman's Constitution Committee. Despite a coalition commitment to advance the law, Rothman refused to bring it to a vote due to his opposition to a ban on mixed-gender prayers at the southern plaza. The article, by Erez Asher, CEO of the Liba Center, calls on elected officials to commit to completing the law's legislation immediately after the elections, claiming that the desecration of the Western Wall occurs every Rosh Chodesh by a group of Reform women.