RNS-WALL-BRIEF

June 4, 2013
[social_warfare]
western wall women

Police at the Western Wall, a Jewish holy site. In May, Women of the Wall, a feminist prayer group, was attacked by ultra-Orthodox Jews opposed to the women’s non-traditional style of prayer. The government hopes to build an egalitarian prayer space to accommodate Jews of every stream. Photo by Michele Chabin

(RNS2-jun4) Police at the Western Wall, a Jewish holy site. In May, Women of the Wall, a feminist prayer group, was attacked by ultra-Orthodox Jews opposed to the women’s non-traditional style of prayer. The government hopes to build an egalitarian prayer space to accommodate Jews of every stream. For use with RNS-WALL-BRIEF, transmitted on June 4, 2013, Photo by Michele Chabin.