The committee charged with finding compromises to the crisis over religious pluralism in Israel is considering four possible solutions to the controversy regarding women praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The Reform and Conservative movements and a group known as Women of the Wall have reportedly agreed to a proposal under which there would be an alternative prayer plaza at the southern end of the wall.
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