Kotel

High Court postpones joint protest and Kotel hearings to Friday, resets filing deadlines

The petitions involve wartime restrictions on anti-war demonstrations and the number of worshippers allowed at the Western Wall.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the ongoing war with Iran, at haBima Square in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2026.
A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019

Western Wall debate must not overshadow prayer, unity during times of war - opinion

Prayer at the Kotel should remain sacred, guiding Jews through crises rather than fueling division.

|ByYAAKOV MENKEN, JONATHAN GUTTENTAG
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men talk on the phone in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on December 4, 2025.

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
A Jewish woman prays at the Little Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, February 18, 2026

Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer

The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo three more plenum readings to become a law. 

|ByKESHET NEEV

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.

NOVEMBER 13, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
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?

OCTOBER 11, 2022ByYOCHI RAPPEPORT
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.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022ByPAM PELED
POOLSIDE AT the David Citadel.

This week in Jerusalem: The night train

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
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.

AUGUST 23, 2022ByROBERT HORENSTEIN
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.

AUGUST 3, 2022ByDORON PEREZ
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?

JULY 16, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
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.

JULY 12, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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."

JULY 12, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
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.

JULY 11, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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.