Miriam C.

Age: 17

Grade: 10th

Program: Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! at Temple Emanuel of Baltimore in Reisterstown, MD.

Her slogan:

No second class Jews. Let us pray. Include us now. V’imru: Amen.

Miriam makes the case for gender equality at the Wall:

My name is Miriam.
We pray at home and at my Temple on Shabbat.
I want to pray at the Wall to show that all Jews can pray there.
We are all made like God.
Jews pray at the Wall.
I want to pray at the Wall, too.
Please include us all.
Thank you.

Hear her full statement in this video: