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via FaithWorld

Jerusalem police shield Jewish women activists in confrontation at Western Wall

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(Israeli policemen block ultra-Orthodox Jewish women as members of “Women of the Wall” group (not pictured) leave the Western Wall after a monthly prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen )

Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-conservative Jews who tried to drive liberal women worshippers from Judaism’s sacred Western Wall on Friday, marking a shift in the authorities’ handling of a long-running religious schism.

May 10, 2013