During the ceremony, the young man holds up posters for two captives still in the Strip, Segev Kalfon and Alon Ohel, as the massive crowd recites the prayer for the hostages ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

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

The ceremony will be attended by the Chief Rabbis of Israel, hostages and their families, and the Mayor of Jerusalem.

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.

Incoming US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee revealed that President Trump gave him a prayer to deliver to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

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 ...

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.

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 ...