Egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall

Should control of the Western Wall be delegated to one sect of Judaism over another? - editorial

With already strained Jewish unity, a recent Knesset vote sends a message that Israel is prepared to legislate one stream of Judaism’s authority over a site that carries meaning for all.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men talk on the phone in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on December 4, 2025.
A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

The ruling followed a hearing earlier last week, during which justices pressed state and municipal representatives over why worshippers at the egalitarian section still cannot reach the Wall.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Members of the Women of the Wall, Conservative and Reform Movement hold Rosh Hodesh prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, March 4, 2022.

Western Wall compromise: Israel's High Court to hold hearing

This is the first hearing taking place on the issue in the past two years and the first during this government. 

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
MK Gilad Kariv holds a Torah Scroll during Rosh Hodesh prayer of women of the wall, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, February 22, 2023.

Reform rabbis hold prayers at Kotel, Noam Party activists protest in egal section

Chaos broke out across the Kotel as Women of the Wall held prayer services in the main plaza and Noam Party activists took over the egalitarian section.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Religious parties form joint campaign to fight government

Shas and United Torah Judaism will not be joining a right-wing rally planned for Tuesday in Tel Aviv by Likud and the Religious Zionist Party.

DECEMBER 4, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
The egalitarian section of the Western Wall last week with new wooden floorboards.

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.”

NOVEMBER 30, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
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. 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
MASSES GATHER at the Western Wall on the night before Yom Kippur.

MK Gilad Kariv, stop pushing your Kotel agenda - opinion

No matter how many times Women of the Wall flout their feminist agenda, this group of 30-40 women is nothing but a front for the political aspirations of the Israeli Reform movement.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021ByLEAH AHARONI
Rabbi Gilad Kariv at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.

Western Wall clashes expected after Netanyahu's retweet against pluralistic prayer

Violence is now likely, particularly from Orthodox protesters, at the holy site in the wake of Deri’s comments and Netanyahu’s support.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on November 3, 2021

The Western Wall agreement must be implemented - opinion

Recent events and those that are expected prove once again that it is necessary to implement the Kotel agreement – the sooner the better.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021ByYOCHI RAPPEPORT
MEMBERS OF the Women of the Wall movement hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall in front of ultra-Orthodox protesters.

Bennett, senior minister support Kotel agreement - Diaspora Min.

Shai has already submitted a government resolution to the cabinet to implement the 2016 Western Wall agreement.

OCTOBER 25, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
The egalitarian section of the Western Wall last week with new wooden floorboards.

Repair work conducted on egalitarian prayer section of Western Wall

The repairs were authorized by officials in the Prime Minister’s Office, including a safety consultant, in order to ensure that the site meets safety regulations.

OCTOBER 16, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
The egalitarian section of the Western Wall last week with new wooden floorboards.

MK Mossi Raz calls for review of Western Wall management

Meretz MK Mossi Raz has submitted a motion to the agenda in the Knesset to review the management of the Western Wall after a report highlighted problems with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz's administration.

OCTOBER 10, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
WOMEN OF THE WALL hold a prayer service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox women protest

High Court questions renovation delays in Western Wall egalitarian section

‘Saddened by the significant delays in dealing with making the southern [prayer] section of the Western Wall fitting for prayer’

NOVEMBER 5, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
The damaged prayer platform of the Western Wall egalitarian prayer section which has been shut for nearly two years due to delays in repair work to the stones of the wall and now to the platform itself.