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New Israeli legislator smuggles Torah scroll for Women of the Wall

One of the first actions of new Labor Knesset member Rabbi Gilad Kari was sneaking a Torah scroll into the Western Wall plaza for women activists to pray from.

Women of the Wall
Labor Knesset member Rabbi Gilad Kariv holds up a Torah scroll with the activist group Women of the Wall at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, April 12, 2021. — Women of the Wall

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