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


Six Day War: IDF troops became an unwitting symbol of unified Jerusalem

The photograph appeared throughout the country – in newspapers, on posters and later in books about the war. Yifat suddenly had become more than a soldier who participated in an extraordinary event.

 IN 2017, the three men in the iconic 1967 photo of three paratroopers that came to symbolize the reunification of Jerusalem, reprise their original positions at the Western Wall. (From left) Haim Oshri, Yitzhak Yifat and Zion Karasent.

Bocelli visits Western Wall after sold-out concert

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed in Tel Aviv, with more than 20,000 people in attendance.

 Bocelli visits the Western Wall on Thursday

Female officer barred from hosting IDF ceremony at Western Wall

A Western Wall Heritage Foundation representative asked that an education officer in the Givati Brigade not host a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday due to her gender, and she was replaced.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett participates in graduating ceremony for IDF officers.

WZO strongly condemns the violence towards Women of the Wall

150 members of the Women of the Wall were met with resistance from both police and a group of Orthodox women as they attempted to conduct a prayer service at the Western Wall.

 Women of the Wall praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, January 2022

Priestly Blessing ceremony draws thousands to Jerusalem - photo gallery

"The public clings to the remains of our Temple.”

 Priestly Blessing ceremony on April 20, 2022

Thousands participate at Birkat Kohanim, a lot less than usual

Though this year's attendance was poorer than usual, thousands participated at Monday's Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall Plaza.

 Priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during Passover, April 18, 2022

Israel's gov't to preserve Western Wall's Orthodox character - Silman

Coalition Chairwoman Idit Silman: "Yes, there is a minority [of support for the compromise] and it is our role to make sure that its voice isn't strong and significant and that it does not prevail."

 THE MASSES pray at the Western Wall during Sukkot.

When wearing a kippah in Jerusalem is dangerous - opinion

This is Jerusalem, my hometown, where you should be safe wearing whatever head covering you desire.

 HAREDIM SCUFFLE with police at the Kotel, in protest of Women of the Wall’s Rosh Hodesh prayer service, March 4.

Tensions will be high at Kotel for Rosh Hodesh service on Friday

Reform and Conservative movements are expected to march toward the Western Wall while Haredim are arranging protests.

ANAT HOFFMAN (center), director of Women of the Wall, speaks to reporters at the Kotel yesterday.

March 4, 2022: Senseless wars of the Jews

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MARIA TAMANA