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<i>Yossi Zamir / Flash 90 / JTA<br> Conservative Jewish women wear prayer shawls and carry Torah scrolls at the Western Wall, Dec. 18, 2009. The conflict between these women and religious Jews in Israel has sparked different responses from local Jews. Courtesy Yossi Zamir, JTA. </i>
Yossi Zamir / Flash 90 / JTA
Conservative Jewish women wear prayer shawls and carry Torah scrolls at the Western Wall, Dec. 18, 2009. The conflict between these women and religious Jews in Israel has sparked different responses from local Jews. Courtesy Yossi Zamir, JTA.
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Local Jews divided over treatment of women at Wall
by Justin Jacobs
Associate Editor
Mar 11, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
On a January morning in 1994, Judy Palkovitz was getting ready to pray. It was just after 6 a.m., and along with 16 other women, she’d walked through Jerusalem towards the Western Wall, the holiest...

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