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Liberal Jews denounce bill to ban non-Orthodox prayers at Western Wall
Liberal Jews denounce bill to ban non-Orthodox prayers at Western Wall
Members of Women of the Wall sing during Rosh Hodesh prayers marking the new month at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Feb. 22, 2023. The group has waged a decades-long campaign for gender equality at the holy site. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
(RNS) — ‘It literally criminalizes non-Orthodox prayer,’ said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S.