Posts Tagged: Israel Western Wall
The Western Wall: From Ancient Stones and Anti-Jewish Discrimination to Modern Symbol
When reporting on the various religious sites that inhabit the Holy City of Jerusalem, the international media will occasionally erroneously refer to the Western Wall...
Independence Day Parades in Jerusalem — 1967 and 1968
On May 15, 1967, Israel's Independence Day parade was held in Jerusalem. It was a parade with historical significance. But the parade also faced opposition...
Israeli Charities Report No Change in Donations From American Jewry Amid Western Wall Controversy
JNS.org - Israeli charities are seeing no change in donations from American Jewry following the public dispute between the Israeli government and US Jewish organizations over prayer arrangements...
Coalition Politics Are Threatening the Jewish State
The Israeli government's decision to cave to ultra-Orthodox pressure and suspend its 2016 policy allowing egalitarian Jewish prayers at a separate section of the Western Wall is...
Ahead of Jerusalem Day, Netanyahu Hails Israel’s Ties to Temple Mount and Western Wall
JNS.org - Ahead of this year’s celebration of the Israeli holiday of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) on June 5, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said...
Before Jerusalem’s Reunification, There Were Defiant Carvings on a Prison Wall
JNS.org - In late fall 1947, Shmuel Matza, then a 20-year-old member of the Etzel (also known as Irgun) Jewish underground paramilitary organization, was detained in...
All Jews Should Have Full Access to the Western Wall
I have been following the debate about the Kotel with utter astonishment. I was not planning to write about this, because by now the issue has...
The Western Wall Prayer Decision and the Shifting Israel-Diaspora Paradigm
JNS.org - The Israeli government’s passage of legislation that authorizes egalitarian prayer in a soon-to-be-created 9,700-square-foot, NIS 35 million ($8.85 million) section adjacent to the southern...
Attempts to Claim the Western Wall as Muslim Holy Site Are Absurd
If there is one thing that we were all pretty certain of a week ago, it was that the Kotel is universally regarded as a...
Why Israel’s Temple Mount Policy is Wise
JNS.org - In the 1920s, the Jerusalem Waqf, the local Muslim religious authority, published and distributed a pamphlet for visitors to the Haram...
Temple Mount Report Fuels Concern About Future of Holy Site
JNS.org - A recently revealed Israeli State Comptroller's report that remains under a government gag order has ignited concern over the Muslim Waqf's attempts to...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Visits Western Wall in Break with EU Policy
Times of Israel - In a sharp break with the European Union policy, Lithuania's foreign minister this week toured the Western Wall in...
