Western Wall prayer site's future is in doubt under Israel's fragile government
Israel's refusal to recognize liberal Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism has long been a point of tension with American Jews.
JERUSALEM — When took office last June, it indicated it would press ahead on an egalitarian prayer site at Jerusalem's Western Wall — a sensitive holy site that has emerged as a point of friction between Jews over how prayer is conducted there.But the plan is coming up against the limits of Israel's fragile government, which is struggling to move forward on the issue due to its own internal divisions. The inaction has disappointed both Israeli groups that promote religious pluralism and their American Jewish allies, who view the issue as an important test of recognition from the Israeli
