Well put, Rabbi Yoffie. "What we need, rather, is to be respectful of each other’s choices and customs." Unfortunately, what this means in real life is that the alternative streams of Judaism show respect for one another and for Orthodoxy/ultra-Orthodoxy, while Orthodoxy continues to disrespect and delegitimize progressive Judaism. So much for mutual respect...
in reference to:"And since there is not a single, universally accepted religious standard that governs Jewish religious life, we should make no attempt to impose one at the Kotel. What we need, rather, is to be respectful of each other’s choices and customs."
- At the Wall, which side is the right one?: The Kotel belongs to the entire Jewish people | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California (view on Google Sidewiki)
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