Jewish women called "Nazis" by ultra-Orthodox Jews...

Once a month a group of Jewish women risk arrest and brave a crowd of angry ultra-Orthodox men calling them Nazis, to pray at the Western Wall.

In this Israeli-occupied Palestinian Holy City, where the focus of differing opinions is more often on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, these religious Jews say they face discrimination just because of their gender.

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In November, WoW member Nofrat Frankel, a Conservative Jew, was briefly detained by police for wearing a talit -- prayer shawl -- and carrying a Torah.

The offence can carry a maximum sentence of six months jail and a fine of about 3,000 dollars.

Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich called the women's behaviour "an unbearable provocation". Full story...

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