Knesset Committee to Review Bill on Prayer Rules at Western Wall
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will meet on Wednesday to prepare legislation giving the Chief Rabbinate authority over prayer practices at holy sites. The bill would prohibit egalitarian prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee will meet on Wednesday to prepare legislation that would give the Chief Rabbinate authority to determine what prayer practices are allowed at holy sites. The measure would effectively prohibit egalitarian prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
If passed by the full Knesset, Reform and Conservative Jews could face up to seven years in jail for participating in mixed-prayer services at the site.
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Reform and Conservative Jews would be barred from mixed-prayer services at the Western Wall.
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