Monday, January 29, 2018

Western Wall rabbi apologizes for gender segregation during Pence visit but says rules won’t change

Western Wall rabbi apologizes for gender segregation during Pence visit but says rules won't change

JERUSALEM – Following outrage by female journalists forced to cover Vice President Pence’s visit to the Western Wall last week from behind a separation fence, the rabbi of the Jewish holy site apologized Monday to prominent Israeli reporter Tal Schneider. But Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Western Wall Heritage Foundation that runs the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/29/western-wall-rabbi-apologizes-for-gender-segregation-during-pence-visit-but-says-rules-wont-change/

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