Rabbi imposes ban at Jerusalem’s western wall

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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.

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