Portman Upsets Jews with Western Wall Kissing Scene

[Kire]

Portman Upsets Jews with Western Wall Kissing Scene

Natalie Portman has stirred up controversy in her native Israel by kissing actor Aki Avni in the shadow of sacred site the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The Closer star and Avni were shooting a romantic scene for new movie Free Zone near the holy prayer site, when Jewish bystanders took offence. One bystander says, "People were shouting that they were being immoral and police asked the two to leave the area. They agreed." According to a head rabbi at the site, the actors' actions had violated a strict code of conduct that prohibits anything romantic at the site.

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[newyorican]

2. It appears...

that some Mullahs and Rabbis are cut from the same flawed roll of cloth.

[IndianaGreen]

3. And they have attacked women for daring to carry the Torah

and they also have complained about those Jews that wanted a memorial for gay Jews murdered by the nazis during the Holocaust.

Fundamentalism of any stripe is a threat to us all!

[eyl]

5. While I don't really approve of some of what the haredi rabbis do,

this is going a bit far. What do you think the reaction would be if a couple started making out in the middle of a church?

[bemildred]

6. Happens all the time at weddings. nt

[Coastie for Truth]

4. The "Haredi"

called my wife a harlot for having her upper arms above the elbows exposed at the Western Wall.

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[Djinn]

8. hope you told them to go

"pleasure" themselves Coastie

[Meshuga]

9. It's a matter of respect perhaps?

You know how you are supposed to act a certain way when you are visiting the Alamo? Do you know when you get yelled at by the guard when you are chewing gum at the site of the thomb of the unknown soldiers in Arlington, VA? It's something similar I think. I'm sure Natalie Portman and Aki Avni understood it and didn't fuss about it.

I don't see fundamentalism on the part of anybody here. In my opinion, I think it would be better to tell the actors that they are doing something wrong in a nice way instead of shouting. But hey, when people get upset they react without putting much thought into it and make mistakes...