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Israeli police detain Women of the Wall leaders a day after high-stakes court hearing

JL;DR SUMMARY Tensions flared at the Western Wall as two leaders from Women of the Wall were detained by Israeli police following their Rosh Chodesh service. 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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Jewish DiasporaWestern WallIsraeli PoliticsReform MovementWomen Of The WallHigh Court Of JusticeReligious TensionsEgalitarian PrayerMasorti MovementOrthodox Control

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Jerusalem, Israel
"JERUSALEM Israeli police detained two Women of the Wall activists on Wednesday morning after their monthly Rosh Chodesh prayer service at the Western Wall was disrupted by demonstrators, escalating tensions at the Jerusalem holy site a day after the High Court of Justice heard petitions accusing the government of stalling upgrades to its egalitarian prayer section."

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