Model posing naked in front of the Western Wall

The Belgian model, Marisa Papen caused a controversy by posing bad for a photo in front of the Western Wall.

Sitting on a plastic chair completely naked a few meters from the sacred structure that Jews frequent to pray, the 26-year-old woman was represented by Mathias Lambrecht.

The photographer made an exhibition with this image and others, generating a scandal and negative reaction in the Hebrew community. Shmuel Rabinovich, Rabbi in charge of the Wall, badured that the event is "an unfortunate, embarrbading and serious incident that offends those who pray in this sacred place".

For his part, Marisa Papen, published a text on his website in which defends arguing that he wanted to further push the boundaries of religion and politics.

"First of all, do not judge a book by its title" … This implies purely the shame that, dear reader, (perhaps) will project on me because I I did something so disrespectful that he should burn in hell. I know that my mailbox is about to be filled with threats and anger: anyone who writes their fury right now saves energy, I do not even open them up. said Papen. publication that he entitled "The wall of shame".

In this same letter, the model explains that, without knowing it, arrived in the country when the United States opened its embbady in Jerusalem. "After my escapades to Egypt, I knew that I wanted to push the boundaries of religion and politics even further, breaking the walls that were built to keep all our wandering souls on this planet under control.
In other words, show my personal religion in a world where freedom becomes very luxurious, "says the Belgian.

" This freedom was captured by Mathias Lambrecht during a three-day trip to Israel, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, to the Dead Sea and back, I do not know if it was a coincidence or not, but ] When we arrived, the American Embbady opened its doors and the day where we were in Jerusalem Israel celebrated its 70th anniversary of independence. As the rest of Jerusalem celebrated, I took advantage of the afternoon sun. a roof after a morning running through the desert, capturing our latest images of the journey, "concluded Marisa.

Look at the picture HERE