Penelope
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Orthodox Jews. Unbelievable. I don't know who is worst that Orthodox Jews or the Zionist. Both racist.
Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest spot for Jews to pray, was swamped by dueling crowds numbering in the hundreds on Thursday: one, a group of feminist Jews protesting hurdles in a planned egalitarian prayer space at the site; the other, ultra-Orthodox Jews who answered the call of rabbis to counter-protest and to disrupt the egalitarian prayers.
âYou are worse than all the terrorists! Youâre the biggest enemies of Israel!â a young ultra-Orthodox man shouted at the liberal group before heading to the Wall to pray.
Meanwhile, the competing demonstrators each sang their religious songs, sparred over Jewish texts in both Hebrew and English, and broke into spirited hora dances that were periodically infiltrated and overtaken by unruly opponents.
Stirring all the passions is the governmentâs compromise plan to designate a section at the Western Wall for mixed-gender prayerâa central demand of the group of liberal activists Women of the Wallâin contravention of the typical Orthodox practice enforced at the Wall insisting that men and women pray separately.
Egalitarians, ultra-Orthodox clash at Western Wall
Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest spot for Jews to pray, was swamped by dueling crowds numbering in the hundreds on Thursday: one, a group of feminist Jews protesting hurdles in a planned egalitarian prayer space at the site; the other, ultra-Orthodox Jews who answered the call of rabbis to counter-protest and to disrupt the egalitarian prayers.
âYou are worse than all the terrorists! Youâre the biggest enemies of Israel!â a young ultra-Orthodox man shouted at the liberal group before heading to the Wall to pray.
Meanwhile, the competing demonstrators each sang their religious songs, sparred over Jewish texts in both Hebrew and English, and broke into spirited hora dances that were periodically infiltrated and overtaken by unruly opponents.
Stirring all the passions is the governmentâs compromise plan to designate a section at the Western Wall for mixed-gender prayerâa central demand of the group of liberal activists Women of the Wallâin contravention of the typical Orthodox practice enforced at the Wall insisting that men and women pray separately.
Egalitarians, ultra-Orthodox clash at Western Wall