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Soldiers in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, a Haredi unit, and family members attend a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on July 10, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
A single night in Jerusalem made me rethink everything I knew about Israel
Unity is powerful, offering clear evidence against the idea that this society is fractured to the point of civil war.
Moshe Phillips
June 17, 2025
Construction in Jerusalem for the Western Wall plaza is ongoing to put in two elevators for visitors to plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem. Credit: Company for the Development and Renovation of the Jewish Quarter.
Elevator ‘project of kindness’ to make Western Wall more accessible
“Every day, people are asking when it will be ready,” the site manager in Jerusalem told JNS.
Etgar Lefkovits
Sept. 25, 2024
Jewish worshippers pray in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during the Kohen Benediction, the priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Passover, which commemorates the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt, April 25, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90.
Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount during priestly blessing ceremony
Tens of thousands of Jewish worshippers participated in the semi-annual Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall.
April 25, 2024
Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon.
Thousands attend Western Wall prayer service for the hostages
The show of solidarity was broadcast live worldwide.
March 21, 2024
Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the Priestly Blessing for Passover, April 18, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Western Wall mass prayer service to be held for hostages
Jews from around the world are invited to participate online.
March 20, 2024
Former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. visits United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem on March 12, 2024. Credit: United Hatzalah.
Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather receives award in Israel
The U.S. athlete also met with United Hatzalah volunteers.
March 12, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights the first Chanukah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Netanyahu lights first Chanukah candle at Western Wall
“We—the Maccabees of our times—are fighting the forces of evil that have come to wipe the Jewish people and its state off the face of the Earth," said the Israeli prime minister.
Dec. 8, 2023
Crowds of Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Torah scrolls dedicated at Western Wall in honor of hostages, soldiers
Two scrolls were being dedicated "to elevate the souls of the fallen, the well-being of soldiers and return of the hostages."
Nov. 21, 2023
1,400 candles are lit in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem in honor of the victims of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, Nov. 6, 2023. Courtesy: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.
Thirty days, 85 years
Mourning and commemorating.
Judy Lash Balint
Nov. 8, 2023