Inside the Struggle for Equality at the Western Wall

The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg · Feb 26, 2026 · 39m

For generations, Jews around the world have faced Jerusalem in prayer.

Now, a bill in Israel’s Knesset could give the Chief Rabbinate the power to define which prayer is “acceptable” at the Western Wall — and potentially criminalize egalitarian worship.

In this clip from The Pluralist Podcast, Orly Erez Likhovski and Josh Weinberg discuss:

• Why dismissing this bill as “just politics” is dangerous

• What message it sends to liberal Jews worldwide

• Why the Kotel is more than a plaza — it’s the symbolic heart of Jewish peoplehood

• And what Israelis and Diaspora Jews can do now

At a time of…