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7 years in prison for praying at the Western Wall? Netanyahu’s coalition is threatening a war on Jewish unity.

JL;DR SUMMARY The proposed legislation in Israel's Knesset seeks to impose Haredi Orthodox religious practices at the Western Wall, threatening severe penalties for those conducting non-Haredi prayer services. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Haredi OrthodoxDiasporaWestern WallNetanyahuKotelKnessetReligious PluralismBat MitzvahJewish UnityEgalitarian Prayer

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Think of thousands of families from places such as Florida, New Jersey, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv and beyond who want to celebrate their daughters bat mitzvah in an intergenerational moment of Jewish pride at our holiest site in our holiest city only to face seven years in prison."
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Think of thousands of families from places such as Florida, New Jersey, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv and beyond who want to celebrate their daughters bat mitzvah in an intergenerational moment of Jewish pride at our holiest site in our holiest city only to face seven years in prison."
New Jersey, United States
"Think of thousands of families from places such as Florida, New Jersey, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv and beyond who want to celebrate their daughters bat mitzvah in an intergenerational moment of Jewish pride at our holiest site in our holiest city only to face seven years in prison."
Florida, United States
"Think of thousands of families from places such as Florida, New Jersey, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv and beyond who want to celebrate their daughters bat mitzvah in an intergenerational moment of Jewish pride at our holiest site in our holiest city only to face seven years in prison."

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