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.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

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

For decades after 1967, the Temple Mount was defined by a simple rule: Jews could visit but not pray. Small but meaningful changes are quietly shifting that balance.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN

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

Police are allowing limited Jewish prayer on Temple Mount, marking the most significant shift to the status quo since 1967 - and stirring quiet tension on one of the world’s most contested sites.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN

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

The ceremony is expected to bring together soldiers and soldiers without immediate family in Israel, many of whom immigrated alone and joined the Israel Defense Forces.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Grapevine: Essence of Judaism

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 11, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Members of the Women of the Wall movement hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, November 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

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.

Letters to the Editor, November 10, 2021: Greek ban is wrong

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

NOVEMBER 9, 2021ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Compromise needs to be made in the Kotel conflict - editorial

Members of Women of the Wall faced violent opposition as they tried to bring Torah scrolls to the Kotel.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL

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

Lapid sets January deadline for egalitarian prayer at Kotel

Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid listed several reasons why implementing the plan was important to him, including improving relations with Diaspora Jews.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at the cabinet meeting, November 7, 2021.

Netanyahu shares call to block pluralistic prayer service at Kotel

Deri, a long opponent of the group, wrote on Twitter that he and his fellow haredi MKs would be at the site on Friday to block the service from going ahead.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MEMBERS OF the Women of the Wall movement hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall last year.

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.

Holocaust survivors' notes placed in Western Wall

The prayers and requests of dozens of Holocaust survivors were placed in the cracks between the wall's stones in a special ceremony.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dozens of notes written by Holocaust survivors living in the US were places in the Kotel last week as part of a special event held by the World Zionist Organization and Holocaust Heroes Worldwide.

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.

Grapevine: 'A city knit together'?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 13, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN