Tuesday 21 May 2013

The Media and Half-Truths

« But there was another story last Friday that the media either missed or botched entirely: the thousands of Jewish women and girls who filled the area directly in front of the Kotel and almost to the back wall of the Kotel plaza, completely dwarfing the group of one hundred or so women associated with WoW. (The figure of 400 to 500 WoW given by some media outlets is patent nonsense.)

When I arrived at the Kotel a little past 7:00 a.m., there were about 25 (not 2,000 as reported by Ha'aretz) young haredi men standing on the upper level at the far north of the Kotel Plaza shouting and ruining the prayers for all those on the men's side who had come to pray on Rosh Hodesh. ....

What surprised me, however, was that the most prominent video camera remained exclusively focused on this small group among the many thousands then at the Kotel.

The media showed absolutely no interest in the thousands upon thousands of seminary girls and older women praying on the women's side and not raising their voices above a quiet whisper. ...

And this group was special in another respect: It included women and girls across the national religious-haredi spectrum. »

The Feminist Story the Media Missed at the Kotel :: Jewish Media Resources
http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1605/the-feminist-story-the-media-missed-at-the-kotel


Best Regards,
RRW

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