Posts Tagged: Western Wall
American Jewish Groups, Israeli Politicians React With Outrage to New UNESCO Resolution Ignoring Jewish People’s Ties With Jerusalem
Major American Jewish groups and top Israeli politicians reacted with outrage on Thursday after the UN’s cultural body approved a resolution that ignores the Jewish...
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,...
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...
The UN’s Heritage Heist
UNESCO recently adopted a resolution that completely ignores the Jewish historical, religious and Biblical ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall area in Jerusalem. To...
When Will Anyone Stand Up for Israel?
Over the past week, Israel found itself at the center of more action than most countries see in a decade: On Thursday, UNESCO adopted a resolution...
The Western Wall Is No Place for Political Posturing
JNS.org - Charlie Kalech is upset. Kalech is the Internet entrepreneur who broke Israeli law last year on behalf of the Women of the Wall (WoW),...
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...
Separate But Equal? Egalitarian Prayer Space at Western Wall Is Still Religious Discrimination
A plan to create a special prayer space at the southern expanse of the Western Wall where the Conservative and Reform movements can hold gender-mixed services was...
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...
Israeli Holy Sites Under Fire as Religious and Political Terrorism Collide
JNS.org - Operating on a parallel track to the wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and security personnel, a physical and diplomatic war against...
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...
Israeli Harley-Davidson Bikers Pray at Western Wall Before Yom Kippur
Among the traditional knitted and velvet kippas of those praying at the Western Wall recently, one particular group stood out with their Harley-Davidson leather vests and...
Israel’s Deputy FM Adds Western Wall to Official State Visit Requirements
JNS.org - Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has instructed Israel’s Foreign Ministry to require that foreign dignitaries coming to the country include a visit to...
