Kotel

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

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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?


Impatience grows as Western Wall Agreement implementation delays

The Women of the Wall are eager to set a deadline for the implementation of the Kotel Deal and continue working to achieve their goal of equality at the Western Wall for all Jewish people.

An egalitarian prayer service is led by the Women of the Wall near the Western Wall last month.

Western Wall deal: Women of the Wall reinforce presence with prayer

In the past, violent acts have been taken against the group for their egalitarian stance on prayer in the historic and religiously-significant site. 

 Women of the Wall praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, December 5, 2021.

Bennett enters fray in Kotel deal controversy

Bennett to send cabinet secretary to meet Reform and Conservative reps, Jewish Agency selection process moving forward, despite Lapid failing to meet deadlines.

A standoff between a Orthodox man and a member of Women of the Wall takes place at the Western Wall on Friday morning.

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.”

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. 

MASSES GATHER at the Western Wall on the night before Yom Kippur.

Bennett accuses opposition of using Kotel for political campaign

Last week, two MKs were threatened by ultra-Orthodox leaders for taking Torah scrolls to the women's section of the Kotel.

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

Grapevine: Essence of Judaism

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 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.

 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.

Letters

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.

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