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Mar 30, 2016, 1:08 PM

Why I Don’t Support Israel’s Plastic Bag Ban

Two days ago, the Israeli government passed a bill, requiring stores to charge the consumer for each plastic bag they use instead of the stores covering the cost. People assume that someone like myself, who encourages recycling, upcycling, reducing waste,...

Oct 20, 2015, 5:26 PM

The Absolute Ridiculousness of It All

Do you know what is totally ridiculous about the current situation in Israel right now? I am afraid to think. Afraid to rationalize in my head what is okay and what is not. About 15 years ago, when my family was planning...

Jul 30, 2015, 9:26 PM

I condemn the attempted murder at the Gay Pride Parade

I am an Orthodox Jew. My compass of morality is God's Torah. Not Western values. The Torah's position on gay people is pretty clear. It says in Vayikra (Leviticus) "You shall not lie with a man as in lying with a woman. It...

Mar 17, 2015, 11:35 PM

A Prayer For Election Day

A prayer for election day that I hope everyone can stand behind: Please Hashem, Let the results of the elections turn out for the best, and be a revealed good, not a hidden good. Let the election results make this country be a...

Nov 18, 2014, 7:40 PM

What it’s Like to Live in Israel Under Terror

With the current very volatile situation in Israel right now, with every day, it seems, another terror attack being reported (and on some days more than one terror attack), it ends up hitting close to home. Sure, you hear the...

Jan 3, 2014, 10:27 AM

An open letter to Lucy Sattler

Yesterday, on Rosh Chodesh Shvat, Moving Traditions flew in three teenage girls from the US to join Women of the Wall for their Rosh Chodesh service at the Wall. This is an open letter I have written to one...

Dec 6, 2013, 12:14 PM

Misinformation becomes “truth”

"A lie told often enough becomes truth" - Vladimir Lenin. "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." - Joseph Goebbels. An outright lie, repeated by Women of the Wall in many instances...

Nov 14, 2013, 7:54 PM

Broken Telephone

When I wrote about my experience, talking on the panel on the Kotel at the General Assembly, I wrote the main points from the event, mainly focusing on what I said, and less so about what the other people...

Nov 12, 2013, 12:03 AM

Success at the GA

Today was a big day for me. I was asked to speak to the Jewish Federation of America's General Assembly in Jerusalem today. It was for a panel regarding the Kotel, together with Knesset member Aliza Lavie, Natan Sharansky,...

Jul 21, 2013, 8:28 PM

Feminism Has Gotten Me Confused

I have to admit, I'm a little confused. I always thought I knew what feminism was. I thought feminism was about strengthening women, valuing women and the role they play in society, about believing in women and what they could accomplish,...

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About Me

Ronit Peskin has made it her goal to increase Torah and increase love between Jews in Israel and around the world. She is the founder of WomenForTheWall.org, an organization created to preserve the traditional sanctity at the Western Wall. She comes from a Modern Orthodox background, has been in Dati Leumi, Chareidi, Chassidic, and non religious circles, and because of that, has a unique perspective on the goings-on in Israel.