To our disbelief a beautiful Ethiopian Orthodox church was looted - the inner sanctuary descrated, stained-glass windows broken, holy paintings ripped up, crosses - even those in the graveyards - looted.

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Judge Moshe Sobel also ruled that there was no "reasonable suspicion" that the women had broken any laws relating to holy sites.

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What came out is that we were at the start of the Jewish high holy day season, which means colder weather and three weeks of big social meals, long religious services, broken routines, and children out of school.

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