Police dispersed a group of female “rabbis” from the Reform Hebrew Union College, and arrested an activist. The group of college-educated “rabbis” caused a commotion by wearing prayer shawls and reading from the Torah scroll.
Though Orthodox Jews consider such behavior offensive, it is known that daughters of great Rashi wore tfillin and talit prayer shawls. The Reform “rabbis” acted with deliberate provocation; according to a long-standing arrangement, women can read the Torah at an arch near the Western Wall.
