I am talking about the steps that lead from the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem, down to the Western Wall plaza. This week marks the 47th anniversary of the first time I descended those steps and then ...

Behind the maintenance of the Western Wall is a team of workers on duty twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, who maintain the physical aspects of the Plaza. DECEMBER 13, 2022 By ALAN ROSENBAUM.

The Western Wall’s religious status has been under contention for decades. Women of the Wall was founded in 1988 to advance women’s prayer at the site, which is prohibited under haredi ...

Western Wall (Wailing Wall) is ranked #2 out of 13 things to do in Jerusalem. See pictures and our review of Western Wall (Wailing Wall).

JERUSALEM — The Western Wall stones were cleaned and sanitized ahead of Passover.Every year, the prayer notes tucked between the stones in the wall are removed at Passover and before the High ...

The Western Wall is one of the most sacred and contested religious sites in the world. Originally a retaining wall for the Second Temple, it has become a focal point of Jewish prayer and identity. But ...

How other countries are handing the coronavirus spread 02:00. Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world travel to Israel each year to visit the Western Wall in the holy city of Jerusalem.

The Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City is the outer wall of what Jews call the Temple Mount, a remnant of the holiest site in Judaism. Muslims refer to the same compound as al-Haram al-Sharif ...

The Western Wall is more than a psychological trigger. It’s a symbol of what still exists. From a Judaic perspective, the Temple’s ‘body’ was destroyed but its ‘soul’ remains whole.

The Western Wall compromise passed Sunday by Israel’s Cabinet represents a landmark interdemoninational consensus at what many consider to be Judaism’s holiest site.