- Rabbi Gilad Kariv, leader of the Progressive Judaism movement said in response, "Millions of women in the Jewish world enjoy the privilege of donning a prayer shawl and taking an equal part in public prayer. "It is in the Jewish State and the holiest site for the Jewish people of all places that police forces are sent to arrest a woman who seeks to pray according to her conscience and conviction. It is a great shame to the Israel Police and the State"
Israel Religious Action Center director and "Women of the Wall" chairwoman Anat Hoffman: "This is the first time in 21 years that one of us has been arrested. The woman is a young med student who left Beersheba at 4:30 am in order to pray with us and now cannot stop crying."
"It is unthinkable that a citizen of the State of Israel is arrested for donning a prayer shawl and holding a scroll. There were hundreds of people on the other side of the screen who did the same and nothing happened to them."
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