Kotel

High Court grills state, Jerusalem over years-long holdup at egalitarian Western Wall Plaza

The “Kotel Agreement,” a compromise approved by the government in January 2016, has been systematically pushed and held up by the government and the Jerusalem municipality.

 A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.
Temple Mount

Temple Mount’s delicate balance tested as Jewish prayer, Ramadan crowds meet

THE TEMPLE MOUNT, which Muslims call the Haram al-Sharif, is holy to both Jews and Muslims and has been a flashpoint since 1967.

Jews pray on Jerusalem's Temple Mount as decades-old status quo begins to shift

Soldiers praying at the Kotel in 2013.

'I never had a bar mitzvah,' lone soldiers from Ethiopia to celebrate at the Western Wall


Israel's current gov’t unlikely to approve Kotel deal - Bennett tells 'Post'

We knew in advance that we cannot advance everything. We will only act with consensus."

 Robinson's Arch, located to the right of the Western Wall

Bennett government snubs egal site in Kotel funding

"How can it be that such a large sum is being allocated to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, while the Ezrat Israel [egalitarian prayer site] remains shameful and abandoned?"

 The The Western Wall Heritage Foundation's new ‘Western Wall Heritage Center’

Implement Kotel agreement and fulfill Isaiah's biblical prophecy - opinion

Making space at the Wall for pluralistic Jewish prayer will proclaim that there is more than one authentic way to live a Jewish life of meaning and purpose.

The egalitarian section of the Western Wall last week with new wooden floorboards.

The Western Wall should be a place of unity for all Jews - opinion

The implementation of the Ezrat Yisrael is symbolic of the potential of our relationship with all the disparate parts of our people, near and far.

 PRAYING AT Robinson’s Arch at the south end of  the Kotel, the section set aside for pluralistic prayer.

Impatience grows as Western Wall Agreement implementation delays

The Women of the Wall are eager to set a deadline for the implementation of the Kotel Deal and continue working to achieve their goal of equality at the Western Wall for all Jewish people.

An egalitarian prayer service is led by the Women of the Wall near the Western Wall last month.

Western Wall deal: Women of the Wall reinforce presence with prayer

In the past, violent acts have been taken against the group for their egalitarian stance on prayer in the historic and religiously-significant site. 

 Women of the Wall praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, December 5, 2021.

Bennett enters fray in Kotel deal controversy

Bennett to send cabinet secretary to meet Reform and Conservative reps, Jewish Agency selection process moving forward, despite Lapid failing to meet deadlines.

A standoff between a Orthodox man and a member of Women of the Wall takes place at the Western Wall on Friday morning.

Rabbis Kanievsky and Edelstein denounce Western Wall agreement

They called on the community “to do everything to prevent this disgrace to the holy place” and to intensify their prayer and Torah study to prevent “this desecration of God’s name.”

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most senior ultra-Orthodox rabbis in the country on Tisha Be'Av.

Plurality of Israelis support Kotel agreement - poll

47% of the general public support the agreement, with 32% opposed, and 21% having no opinion. 

MASSES GATHER at the Western Wall on the night before Yom Kippur.

Bennett accuses opposition of using Kotel for political campaign

Last week, two MKs were threatened by ultra-Orthodox leaders for taking Torah scrolls to the women's section of the Kotel.

 PRAYING AT Robinson’s Arch at the south end of  the Kotel, the section set aside for pluralistic prayer.