Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson

It’s like talking to a wall! Justice & inclusion at the Kotel

One of my favorite Jewish jokes involves a tourist watching an elderly Jew praying with fervor at the Kotel (the Western Wall). Day after day the tourist witnesses this devotion and says nothing. Finally, unable to hold back anymore, the tourist approaches the old Jew and asks, “You pray so regularly and with such intensity….