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You could be imprisoned for praying at the Western Wall — and Bibi isn’t stopping it

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent maneuver to delay a vote on legislation that would criminalize egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall sheds light on his administration's alignment with ultra-Orthodox interests over Jewish pluralism. 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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Benjamin NetanyahuWestern WallUltra OrthodoxIsraeli PoliticsKnessetReligious AuthorityCoalition GovernmentEgalitarian PrayerJewish PluralismDiaspora Relations

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Thousands of protesters gathered around non-Orthodox women, including a bat mitzvah girl and her family, at the Western Wall, July 29, 2022. Photo by Noga Tarnopolsky"

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