As with any symbol, however, there is an ongoing battle among Jews both in Israel and in the Diaspora over what the Western Wall represents. Hoshana Raba, the seventh day of Succot, at the Western ...

An impromptu Orthodox prayer service at the pluralist section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (photo credit ... over its decision to freeze the 2016 Kotel deal – a deal that was supposed ...

The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners ... quarter and down to the Kotel. I didn’t intend ...

Jerusalem, June 19, 2006--Many people, when asked to picture Israel, conjure up the image of the Kotel (Western Wall). As any one who knows a bit of Jewish history can tell you, the Western Wall of ...

No visit to Jerusalem is complete without a visit to the Kotel (aka, the Wailing Wall). Considered to be the holiest place for the Jewish faith, a short walk through the Old City of Jerusalem will ...

A 104-year-old Holocaust survivor wanted to celebrate her birthday by praying with her descendants at the Western Wall — and 400 people showed up, leading to a massively viral photo, the ...

As part of her official visit to Israel, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited and prayed at the Western Wall ...

It got me started. I plugged يوم القدس (Jerusalem Day) into my browser and came up with these precious references: Dr. Abdallah Marouf posted a lengthy analysis of the purpose of “Quds ...

This year’s six-week “Shovavim” period will once again climax with a mass tikun [rectification] prayer at the Western Wall [Kotel] this Thursday night, February 19, beginning at 11 p.m. and ...

According to the Kotel Heritage Fund and the Israel Police, more than 600,000 people from all Jewish streams – secular and religious, young and old – visited the ancient remnant of the outer ...

then the government of Israel must reciprocate on an issue of utmost importance to the diaspora. “The Kotel belongs to the Jewish people,” Rivlin said. Make that happen, please. I hope you ...

The Davidson Center, Jerusalem / Photo credit: Google Earth Chief rabbis ... on the renewal of the Pascal sacrifice in our day at the Kotel Yeshiva auditorium. Turns out there are some halachic ...