Ruling nonetheless reaffirms that attendants at holy site may enforce rules preventing women from using scripture in 'unauthorized ways' once they enter complex
Nikodemus Schnabel protests after being told his attire is 'inappropriate'; state-run Heritage Foundation apologizes for 'distress caused' but defends request
5 years after stone collapse at holy site, authorities have yet to reopen access to Wall at egalitarian section; religious activists argue delay is deliberate
Cops stop a number of individuals with goats or lambs as they try to bring them to sensitive holy site to perform ancient ritual; act seen as having explosive potential
Activist Rafael Morris, head of group calling for slaughtering lambs for festival, is arrested for alleged plan; Western Wall rabbi introduces ban on bringing animals to holy site
Woman's mother wonders whether she'd have been similarly ordered if shirt bore rightist slogan 'Temple Mount in our hands,' says 'Western Wall is most political place in country'
Gantz heckled at ceremony in men's section of plaza, drawing condemnation from Haredi party leader; Women of the Wall hold their own lighting, lamenting exclusion from main event
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