Israeli police restrained fervently Orthodox demonstrators as a delegation of American Reform rabbis held a mixed prayer service at the Western Wall. One member of the delegation said it was a disgrace that religious intolerance makes it necessary for the Reform group to pray in a cordoned-off space under police protection.
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