Kotel

Beyond the Headlines: Moments at Ben-Gurion Airport, the Kotel - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on September 18, 2025.
An IDF orphan, wearing a beret from the Nachal Brigade, celebrating his bar mitzvah at the Kotel in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025.

Forty-eight IDF orphans mark bnei mitzvah at Western Wall

 Central Selichot services at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. August 24, 2023

The future of our people: Strength, love, safety in our youth - opinion

The sign at the entrance to the Old City

Beyond the headlines: Where will you be for the holiday prayer?


5 ways Itamar Ben-Gvir hopes to change Jewish life in Israel

What exactly does Itamar Ben-Gvir have planned for Israel according to his view of Judaism? Here are five of the core goals that he hopes to achieve.

 The Otzma Yehudit faction, led by MK Itamar Ben-Gvir (center), is seen walking into the President's Residence for a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2022.

Is Israel really a home for all Jews? -opinion

We are all necessary components of Am Yisrael, the people of Israel. As the saying goes, “A Jew is a Jew is a Jew.” So why does the State of Israel favor one kind of Jew over the rest?

 A WOMAN holds up a Torah scroll as members of Women of the Wall and the Conservative and Reform movements chant and pray on Rosh Hodesh Adar II at the Kotel, in March.

Jerusalem: A view from the veranda of the David Citadel hotel - opinion

Even those without titles or fame are in for a good time: The motto of the hotel proclaims that the David Citadel is designed to make everyone feel like royalty.

 POOLSIDE AT the David Citadel.

This week in Jerusalem: The night train

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 STARTING SEPTEMBER 17, trains headed in each direction from the capital to the airport will run once an hour between Saturday and Wednesday nights.

Israel must stop Western Wall violence that desecrates God's name

Israeli leaders need to decide what kind of country they want to be – a Jewish state that respects all streams of Judaism, or one that tolerates behavior that constitutes a desecration of God’s name.

 Seth Mann reads from a Torah scroll during his bar mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall’s egalitarian section on June 30, 2022.

The Western Wall: place of prayer or political protest? - opinion

There is stalemate in both these arenas with opposing sides pitted against each other in an endless cycle of confrontation and conflict.

 PRAYERS TAKE place at the Western Wall on Tisha Be’av, last year.

Can Jewish Agency head Doron Almog handle the Kotel crisis?

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Will new Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog succeed in connecting Israel and the Diaspora amid the Kotel security crisis?

 JEWISH AGENCY Chairman Doron Almog is congratulated during this week’s board of governors meeting in Jerusalem.

Letters to the Editor July 13, 2022: A resounding 'yes'

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Jewish Agency offers security at Kotel if government ‘won’t protect Jews’

"If the Israeli government won’t protect Jews at the Kotel [Western Wall], then perhaps Jewish Agency security teams need to be placed there."

 JEWS PRAY at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day, last month.

Miri Regev: Everything wrong with Israeli politics - editorial

It is important to call out these lies whenever we see them. Political cynicism must have boundaries.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev resorted to making threats that took advantage of the power she wields from her position in the government. This is a criminal offense, and it needs to be stopped.