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Why Israelis aren’t as worked up about the Western Wall as Diaspora Jews
Josh Hasten01.08.2018
The Israeli public as a whole has been substantially less committed to—in fact, downright unenthusiastic about—changing the status quo.
Jewish worshippers cover themselves with prayer shawls as they pray in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Cohen Benediction priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Oct. 8, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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220-pound stone falls out of the Western Wall, narrowly missing a woman at prayer
23.07.2018
The breakage comes just a day after the Western Wall plaza was filled with worshippers marking Tisha B’Av—a day of fasting and mourning the destruction of the two holy Jewish temples at the site.
A Jewish man observes the site where a large chunk of stone dislodged from the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City at the mixed-gender prayer section on July 23, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Pence concludes Israel trip with ‘inspiring’ Western Wall visit
23.01.2018
Pence concludes his visit by praying at the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits the Western Wall. Credit: Vice President Mike Pence official Twitter page.
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Groups petition Israeli High Court for expanded Western Wall egalitarian prayer section
17.01.2018
The Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel, the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, and the Women of the Wall prayer rights group brought a petition to Israel’s High Court of Justice.
The Western Wall plaza. Credit: Larisa Sklar Giller via Wikimedia Commons.
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