“It’s distressing to read of women in Israel being forced to sit in the back of the bus, that Women of the Wall [is] having metal chairs thrown at them, and that women can’t sing in public,” she said. “To remain silent about these things is tantamount to accepting them.” http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Barbra-Streisand-given-honorary-doctorate-at-Hebrew-University-316843
We are honored and proud to know that when receiving her Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew University Barbra Streisand sent a clear message about the unacceptable, continued inequality of Women at the Western Wall. “Women of the Wall [is] having metal chairs thrown at them, and that women can’t sing in public,” she said. “To remain silent about these things is tantamount to accepting them.” For a social activist like Barbra Streisand to mention Women of the Wall in her speech at the university, shows that this is a burning issue for the Jewish community worldwide and for Israel. In 2013 in a democratic country a woman should not be denied access to pray, with tallitot and the Torah in a public holy site like the Kotel. It is our hope that the message reaches the ears of Prime Minister Netanyahu, and that he acts quickly to remedy this long-standing violation of women’s rights.