WUNRN
18 November 2009
ISRAEL - JEWISH WOMAN
ARRESTED FOR PRAYER SHAWL AT HOLY WALL
Israeli police have
arrested a Jewish woman for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in Police said wearing the shawl - known as a tallit - was a violation of a High Court ruling that a dress code must by abided by at the Jewish holy site. Nofrat Frenkel had been taking part in a monthly ceremony organised by the Women of the Wall religious group. The chairwoman of the
group, Anat Hoffman, criticised the move as unprecedented in Police were called to the area when Ms Frenkel asked to read out a prayer at the site. Women of the Wall organises prayer groups at the Western Wall on the first day of month in the Hebrew calendar. There are differing
religious opinions in
Some groups in Last week "There are stupid women who come to the Western Wall, put on a tallit and pray," he said. The Western Wall, sometimes
referred to as the Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel (wall), is Judaism's
holiest prayer site. |
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