The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com By TZVI JOFFRE
The abbot was told that the cross worn at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City was “really big and inappropriate for this place.”
The abbot of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem, Nikodemus Schnabel, was asked by workers at the Western Wall to cover the cross he was wearing around his neck on Wednesday morning, according to a video shared by Der Spiegel reporter Christopher Schult.
Forschungsministerin @starkwatzinger erlebt am Mittwochmorgen in Jerusalem mit, wie Abt @PaterNikodemus auf dem Platz vor der Klagemauer (auĂerhalb der Gebetszone) aufgefordert wird, sein Kreuz abzunehmen. Die Offizielle sagt, es handele sich um eine neue Regelung. @derspiegel pic.twitter.com/Zy1GxBVCRP
— Christoph Schult (@schultchristoph) July 19, 2023
The video shared by Schult on Twitter showed a worker at the Western Wall telling the abbot that the cross was “really big and inappropriate for this place. It’s a Jewish place, you need to respect that…
