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Bill that would effectively bar egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall advances in Israel’s Knesset

JL;DR SUMMARY The Israeli Knesset has advanced a controversial bill that would enhance the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate's control over the Western Wall, potentially criminalizing egalitarian prayer with penalties up to seven years in prison. 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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American JewryWestern WallNetanyahuIsraeli PoliticsKnessetReligious PluralismReligious FreedomWomen Of The WallEgalitarian PrayerOrthodox Chief Rabbinate

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Jerusalem, Israel
"A bill that would strengthen the Orthodox Chief Rabbinates control over the Western Wall, introducing steep penalties for desecration of the holy site, advanced in Israels parliament on Wednesday with the support of nearly half of all lawmakers."

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