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Israel police arrest 5 feminists for praying at Western Wall

Jewish feminists pray at Western Wall via AFP

Five Jewish feminists who on Thursday wore prayer shawls and prayed out loud at Jerusalem’s Western Wall in defiance of a court order have been detained for questioning, a police spokeswoman said. Some 200 women gathered at the Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City to stage what has become a monthly…

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Sarah Silverman’s sister among 10 arrested for wearing men’s prayer shawls, praying at Western Wall in Jerusalem

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Israeli police on Monday took 10 women for questioning after they wrapped themselves in men’s prayer shawls and prayed at the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, in the Old City of Jerusalem. “Around a hundred women gathered at the Kotel (Western Wall) this morning, they wrapped themselves in…

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