Drawing bat mitzva girls to Rachel's Tomb. Organizers hope new center will match Western Wall's bar mitzva allure

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TOVAH LAZAROFF and MICHAEL FREUND
Jerusalem Post
08-31-2007
Headline: Drawing bat mitzva girls to Rachel's Tomb. Organizers hope new center will match Western Wall's bar mitzva allure
Byline: TOVAH LAZAROFF and MICHAEL FREUND
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 07

Friday, August 31, 2007 -- Earlier this month, New Yorker Malky Grunwald, 12, held her bat mitzva in a long, windowless hallway at Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, after an IDF prohibition kept her and dozens of guests from celebrating in the Jewish- owned center next door.

Tamar Klein, another 12-year-old from New York, was luckier. On ...

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