mechitza

We have moved from behind the mechitza the barrier that separates men and women during prayer to the front of the synagogue, from being relegated to the private sphere of religious life to the very center.

Rabbi Laura Geller: The (Ongoing) Advancement Of Jewish Women Rabbi Laura Geller 2011

We have moved from behind the mechitza the barrier that separates men and women during prayer to the front of the synagogue, from being relegated to the private sphere of religious life to the very center.

Rabbi Laura Geller: The (Ongoing) Advancement Of Jewish Women Rabbi Laura Geller 2011

For 20years, my grandmother has walked to his shul and occupied the same seat beside the mechitza separating men from women.

The Dying Tradition 2010

The picture that someone submitted earlier showing women praying at the Kotel prior to 1967 shows no mechitza.

Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010

Currently, female relatives who want to see a bar mitzvah from the women's section must stand on plastic chairs and peer over the top of the tall barrier, called a mechitza.

Western Wall Partition: Jewish Authorities To Implement New One-Way Divider Between Men, Women 2010

Also - since there was no mechitza at the kotel until 1967, minhag hamaqom is to have mixed gender services.

Kotel rabbi protests Conservative movement prayers | Jewschool 2007

So if there were sporadic services at the Kotel, nobody could really argue that you need a mechitza from a strictly halachic standpoint.

Kotel rabbi protests Conservative movement prayers | Jewschool 2007

That is, if a place is not an established makom tfillah, a mechitza is not necessary.

Kotel rabbi protests Conservative movement prayers | Jewschool 2007

Also, you make the ridiculous assertion that Minhag Hamakom at the western wall was without a mechitza- forgetting that the wall was never the organized shul it was until 1967.

Kotel rabbi protests Conservative movement prayers | Jewschool 2007

And I can understand why some would consider it now to be an official makom tfillah needing a mechitza although I could argue both ways myself.

Kotel rabbi protests Conservative movement prayers | Jewschool 2007