After the attorney general barred them of performing the full ceremony, the Jewish women's group agreed to a compromise allowing them to perform the blessing at a cordoned off area of the Western Wall.

The handful of Jews left in Pakistan hide their religion in fear for their lives, but their tradition passes on from one generation to the next. Zuriel Ben-Israel, one of the few Jews remaining in land of the Taliban, wants to make aliyah with his family, but faces great obstacles.