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(160,525 posts)Sarah Silverman's sister among 10 detained in Jerusalem
Women stopped at the Western Wall because they were wearing garb reserved for men only, according to reports
Associated Press
The Guardian, Monday 11 February 2013 14.41 EST
Israeli police detained 10 women, including the sister of the American comic Sarah Silverman, as they tried to pray at a Jerusalem holy site, the head of a liberal Jewish women's group said.
Anat Hoffman, who was among those detained, said the women were stopped because they were wearing religious garb that Orthodox Judaism reserves for men only. The incident occurred at the Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites.
Silverman's sister Susan, a Jerusalem rabbi from the liberal Reform stream of Judaism, was detained along with her teenage daughter.
Sarah Silverman wrote on her Facebook page that she was "SO proud" of her sister and niece for their "civil disobedience". The original post included more explicit language typical of Silverman's humour.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/11/sarah-silverman-sister-jerusalem-western-wall