Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

A religious Jewish man loudly protests the manner of prayer and singing out loud being conducted by Women of the Wall in the women's section of the Kotel, the Western Wall, on the first of the Jewish month of Adar II.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Police create a buffer zone between the women's section (R) and the men's section (L) at the Western Wall to quell possible violence as 'Women of The Wall' pray in the women's section in a manner permitted by the High Court but rejected by Orthodox Judaism.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

A religious Jewish man loudly protests the manner of prayer and singing out loud being conducted by Women of the Wall in the women's section of the Kotel, the Western Wall, on the first of the Jewish month of Adar II.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

HALLEL SILVERMAN (L), niece of US comedian Sarah Silverman, and an IDF soldier girlfriend, partake in celebrating the first of the Jewish month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall, wrapped in colorful talitot, traditional Jewish prayer shawls, in a manner reserved by Orthodox Judaism only to men.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

A Jewish man wears a kipa, yarmulke, to his head and Phylacteries to his forehead at the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, wrapped in a Talit, a traditional prayer shawl, on the first of the month of Adar II.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

ANAT HOFFMAN (top right) of the 'Women of the Wall' movement, prays wearing a colorful talit, a traditional Jewish prayer shawl, in a manner reserved by Orthodox Judaism only to men, celebrating the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Reform Jewish women, mostly belonging to the 'Women of the Wall' movement, praying in the women's section (foreground) wearing Phylacteries and talitot, traditional Jewish prayer shawls, break out in dance circles as they celebrate the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

A religious Jewish man loudly protests the manner of prayer and singing out loud being conducted by Women of the Wall in the women's section of the Kotel, the Western Wall, on the first of the Jewish month of Adar II.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Male supporters of Women of the Wall partake in prayers celebrating the first of the Jewish month of Adar II behind a barrier defining the women's section at the Kotel, the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Reform Jewish women, mostly belonging to the 'Women of the Wall' movement, pray in the women's section wearing Phylacteries in a manner reserved by Orthodox Judaism only to men as they celebrate the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Reform Jewish women, mostly belonging to the 'Women of the Wall' movement, pray in the women's section wearing Phylacteries in a manner reserved by Orthodox Judaism only to men as they celebrate the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

A religious Jewish man loudly protests the manner of prayer and singing out loud being conducted by Women of the Wall in the women's section of the Kotel, the Western Wall, on the first of the Jewish month of Adar II.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

A man prays earnestly leaning his head to the Western Wall on the first of the month of Adar II.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Reform Jewish women, mostly belonging to the 'Women of the Wall' movement, pray in the women's section (foreground) wearing Phylacteries and talitot, traditional Jewish prayer shawls, in a manner reserved by Orthodox Judaism only to men as they celebrate the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

HALLEL SILVERMAN (L), niece of US comedian Sarah Silverman, and an IDF soldier girlfriend, partake in celebrating the first of the Jewish month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall, wrapped in colorful talitot, traditional Jewish prayer shawls, in a manner reserved by Orthodox Judaism only to men.

Jews Celebrate Month of Adar II at the Western Wall

Reform Jewish women, mostly belonging to the 'Women of the Wall' movement, praying in the women's section (foreground) wearing Phylacteries and talitot, traditional Jewish prayer shawls, read from the Torah as they celebrate the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar II at the Kotel, the Western Wall.