Posts Tagged: Kotel
Netanyahu’s Western Wall Decision Gives the Lie to Democracy Hysteria
JNS.org – It was a story that was over almost before it began. The hysteria over a proposal by the Shas Party to essentially criminalize...
Half-Naked Woman Detained at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
i24 News - A woman entered the prayer area of Jerusalem's Western Wall wearing only her underwear on Sunday, according to police reports. Police officers detained...
Hypocritical Israeli Coalition Politics Get Ugly
JNS.org - For some observers of the Israeli political scene, there’s only one thing that matters. For the Biden administration, the crucial question is whether...
Canadian Birthright Participants Get Engaged at Western Wall
A young man on a Birthright trip chose to propose to his girlfriend at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Mike David proposed to his girlfriend Stephanie...
Returning to Jerusalem and Hebron
Reflecting on ten days in Israel -- all but one in Jerusalem and the other in Hebron -- several experiences, shared with my son, will...
Tens of Thousands at Jerusalem’s Western Wall for Priestly Blessing
Tens of thousands of worshipers packed Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism's priestly caste. Holding prayer shawls above...
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Issues Ruling Against Egalitarian Prayer Space at Western Wall
The Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar has issued a ruling forbidding the creation of a mixed-gender prayer space at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Amar’s...
Reminiscing: Israel at 70
I celebrated my 12th birthday one week before the birth of the State of Israel. I was about to begin lessons for my bar mitzvah with...
Let My Dad Pray at the Western Wall
JNS.org -- My dad is coming from the US to visit us in Israel this week. As always, we will devote one morning to praying at...
Arab-Israeli Cousin of Anti-Zionist Knesset Member Declares Allegiance to Jewish State at Western Wall
The relative of an anti-Zionist Knesset member released a video of herself standing at Jerusalem's Western Wall in full Islamic garb and declaring her allegiance to...
Hack the Kotel
JNS.org - The battle being fought over access to the Western Wall (Kotel), which accelerated this week with a strong reprimand of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by...
The Kotel: Have We Gone Mad?
You, dear readers, must forgive me for asking this question, but: Have we Jews gone mad? Kotel mad? Have we lost it? Are we Jews,...
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...
Birthright Israel Must Transcend Fear of Attack at the Kotel
During World War II, Winston Churchill emboldened the British people to courageously endure daily aerial bombings from the Nazis while they battled the existential threat...
