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Israel’s highest court rebukes government for blocking egalitarian prayer at Western Wall

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel's High Court of Justice has unanimously reprimanded government and municipal authorities for failing to advance long-delayed plans to enhance the Western Wall's egalitarian prayer section. 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 OrthodoxWestern WallNetanyahuReform JudaismReligious PluralismWomen Of The WallHigh Court Of JusticeEgalitarian PrayerMasorti

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Jerusalem, Israel
"an expanded seven-justice panel of the High Court of Justice ordered the national government and the Jerusalem Municipality to move forward with building permits needed for repairs and infrastructure improvements at the Ezrat Israel prayer platform"

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