Thousands of notes and messages left by visitors from Israel and across the world in the past months were removed from the ...

The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall or the Kotel, is the most significant historic site for the Jewish faith. This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King ...

Notes placed into crevices between the ancient stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem were removed on Wednesday ahead of the ...

Since Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year that started on Oct. 2, tens of thousands of notes were put into the Wall.The post Western Wall prayer notes extracted ahead of ...

President Isaac Herzog and his wife arrive at the Western Wall to pray for the safe return of the all the hostages. “With God’s help we will see the hostages [beginning to] return today ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s government on Sunday approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western Wall, putting to rest the decades-long fight between ...

A controversial flag march in Jerusalem on Sunday will go through the Damascus Gate and the Muslim Quarters, sparking concerns of violence as the event leads to the Western Wall. World News // 2 ...

Sunday, after decades of conflict, leaders of Judaism’s three major denominations reached a compromise on the future of prayer at the Western Wall, and got the Israeli government’s backing.

Four times for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, one of the holiest places in the Jewish faith, and once for smuggling a Torah scroll into the sacred site.

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