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Rabbi imposes ban at Jerusalem’s western wall

There’s a battle of sorts under way at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The rabbi overseeing Judaism’s holiest site has banned new immigrant ceremonies at the Wall. Reporter Linda Gradstein has the story.

Global Politics

There’s a battle of sorts under way at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The rabbi overseeing Judaism’s holiest site has banned new immigrant ceremonies at the Wall. The rabbi says it’s a noise issue. But the government says it’s about whether men and women can sit together at the wall. Reporter Linda Gradstein has the story.