Posts Tagged: Western Wall
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...
UK’s Prince William Visits Jerusalem Holy Sites, Great-Grandmother’s Tomb
Britain's Prince William toured Jerusalem's most sacred and sensitive sites on Thursday, wrapping up a politically delicate visit that both Israelis and Palestinians, locked in...
White House: In Any Peace Deal, Western Wall Will Remain Part of Israel
Senior Trump administration officials outlined their view Friday that Jerusalem’s Western Wall ultimately will be declared a part of Israel, in another declaration sure to...
Israeli High Court Urges State to Reconsider Western Wall Compromise Freeze
Israel Hayom / Exclusive to JNS.org – Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday criticized the Israeli government over its stance on the issue of egalitarian...
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...
Good News: Iran Says Israel Already Has a Synagogue at Al-Aqsa
From Iran's Mehr News: TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Presidential Office’s Committee of Support for the Islamic Revolution of Palestine issued a statement on Tuesday marking...
What’s Really Happening at the Western Wall?
JNS.org - Before an Arab terror attack ignited the latest wave of tensions over the Temple Mount, much of the Jewish world’s attention had been focused...
Ahead of Tisha B’Av, Israeli President Issues Call for Jewish Unity
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued a call for Jewish unity on Monday at a pre-Tisha B’Av Torah study session he hosted at his residence in...
The Argument Is About Jews, Not Metal Detectors
JNS.org – To an objective observer, the crisis that erupted in the aftermath of a bloody terror attack near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount makes no sense. Three Arab...
Fourteen Flaws in Tom Friedman’s ‘Israel to American Jews’ New York Times Column
The New York Times devotes three columns on the top half of its op-ed page to an article by Thomas Friedman that appears under the...
Why Netanyahu Did It: The Brutal Truth on Israel and the Diaspora
JNS.org - Non-Orthodox Jews are angry about the Israeli government’s decision to go back on its word, and reject the idea of a new egalitarian prayer...
A Different Take on the Western Wall Controversy
JNS.org - The headlines of the Jewish press this week were filled with stories about angry American Jews denouncing the Israeli government’s decision regarding egalitarian prayer...
New York Times Marks Six-Day War Anniversary With Jerusalem Map Obliterating Jewish Presence
Whatever one makes of the long news article the New York Times ran out under the headline “50 Years After War, East Jerusalem Palestinians Confront...
Shortly After Arrival in Israel, Trump Makes History, Becoming First Sitting US President to Visit Western Wall in Jerusalem
Within hours of arriving in Israel on Monday, Donald Trump made history by becoming the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s...
