Posts Tagged: Western Wall
Israeli Beach Chair Brawl Prompts Online Speculation (VIDEO)
An Israeli beach brawl that involved way too many chairs is drawing attention on the world wide web for its magnitude and depravity. The fight, which...
Thousands of Western Wall Prayer Notes Removed Ahead of Jewish New Year Celebrations
Thousands of prayer notes were removed Sunday from the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, ahead of Jewish New Year celebrations beginning next week, Israel's Channel 2...
Western Wall Guard Fires 10 Shots at Israeli, Killing Him Instantly
An Israeli security guard unloaded 10 shots on a Jewish man at the entrance to the Western Wall on Friday, killing him on the spot,...
The Western Wall Clashes: Searching for a New Way Together
Concerning Developments "Clashes erupt at women-of-the-wall prayer service," read the main headline of a prominent newspaper on Friday last week. According to some...
Polls Says Nearly Half of Israelis Support ‘Women of the Wall’
Nearly half of Israelis, 48 percent, support of the group known as Women of the Wall's right to hold traditional Jewish prayer services at the...
Clashes Break Out as Women of the Wall Hold Monthly Prayer Service
JTA - Haredi Orthodox youth mobbed the Western Wall plaza by the thousands to protest Women of the Wall as they held their monthly...
MK Feiglin Breaks With Israel’s Governing Coalition After Temple Mount Ban
Jerusalem Post - Likud MK Moshe Feiglin initiated a one-man rebellion against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's governing coalition on Wednesday when he suspended...
Cable Car to Link Western Wall with Rest of Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem is moving forward with a plan to build a cable car system that will bring visitors to and from the Western...
Lapid Backs Women of the Wall
Jerusalem Post - Finance Minister and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid has issued public backing for the Women of the Wall group, it emerged...
Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Section Proposed by Jewish Agency’s Sharansky
At the Western Wall, a new plan has emerged for the creation of an egalitarian prayer section in a bid to end a longtime dispute...
Battle Over Jewish Right To Temple Mount Prayer Unfolding
Times of Israel - On Tuesday, the struggle of Jewish women fighting to worship with prayer shawls at the Western Wall in Jerusalem...
The Women of the Wall
Despite the elections, the little turf wars of Israeli society continue to add to the tensions of daily life. Here's a story about another...
PA Minister Denies Jewish History of Western Wall and all of Jerusalem
The Palestinian Authority (PA) recently said that all of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall, has never been used as a place of worship throughout history...
Is the Temple Mount Truly “in Our Hands?”
This past Sunday, I was asked to take part in an organized tour of the Temple Mount, the holiest site in all of Judaism. I...
