Posts Tagged: western wall israel
Passover Priestly Blessing at Western Wall Adapts to COVID-19 Restrictions
JNS.org - Every year on the third day of Passover, thousands of worshippers gather at Jerusalem’s Western Wall plaza to attend a special “priestly blessing”...
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...
Largest Ever Class of Ultra-Orthodox Paratroopers Sworn in at Western Wall
JNS.org - Over 50 ultra-Orthodox soldiers were sworn into the Paratroopers Brigade at a ceremony at the Western Wall on Thursday, the largest ever recruitment in...
Muslim Western Wall Denial Continues
Hanna Issa, the Secretary General of the Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites, wrote an article where he denied that the Western Wall...
Antiquities Authority Experts to Determine Fate of Dislodged Rock From Western Wall
JNS.org - The 2,000-year-old slab of rock that dislodged from a section of the Western Wall on Monday, nearly crashing down on a 79-year-old woman...
Reform, Conservative Jews Say Western Wall Compromise Effectively Dead
JNS.org - In a move that may further ignite tensions between Israel and Diaspora Jewry, the Reform and Conservative movements say that they no longer agree...
Jewish Agency Passes Resolution Calling on Netanyahu to Reinstate Western Wall Deal
JNS.org - The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors cancelled a dinner scheduled for Monday night with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and convened an...
PA Leader Rajoub Denies Recognizing Jewish Sovereignty Over Western Wall in Israeli TV Interview
Leading Palestinian Authority (PA) figure Jibril Rajoub has rapidly walked back comments he recently made on Israeli television in which he recognized Jewish sovereignty over...
Senior Palestinian Authority Official: Western Wall Is Israel’s, But Temple Mount ‘Is Ours’
JNS.org - Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official Jibril Rajoub said on Saturday the Western Wall should remain under Israeli control, but that the Temple Mount belongs...
Nikki Haley: Western Wall ‘Part of Israel,’ US Embassy ‘Should Be Moved to Jerusalem’
JNS.org - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley broke ranks with the White House on Wednesday, telling the Christian Broadcasting Network, “I believe that...
White House Declines to Say Whether Western Wall is Part of Israel
JNS.org - US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster declined to say whether the Trump administration regards the Western Wall as part of Israel during a...
Netanyahu: ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ Needed to Resolve Western Wall Issue
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “quiet diplomacy between Jews and Jews” is required to resolve the Western Wall prayer controversy, in a talk Tuesday to the General...
Israel’s Temple Mount Policy Faces Renewed Questions After Latest Tensions
JNS.org - As both the holiest site in Judaism and home to a 1,400-year-old mosque, Jerusalem’s Temple Mount compound is a natural flashpoint of Jewish-Muslim tension....
Netanyahu Writes Final Letters of Torah Scroll in Memory of Soldiers
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday wrote the final letters of a Torah scroll dedicated to Israel’s fallen soldiers. The Torah scroll was one...
