7-6-2017 Ultra-Orthodox anger over Western Wall deal isn't about American Jews - Eli Bitan +972

https://972mag.com/ultra-orthodox-anger-over-western-wall-deal-isnt-about-american-jews/128562/

The Israeli government's decision to abandon a deal creating an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall led to an unprecedented rift with Diaspora Jewry. But American Jews, and the Reform Movement in particular, are merely collateral damage — caught in the crossfire of an internal ultra-Orthodox power struggle…Interestingly, the ultra-Orthodox anger over the Western Wall deal targeted neither Reform Jews nor Prime Minister Netanyahu. Most of their ire was saved for the ultra-Orthodox political parties and rabbis who backed the compromise…

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