Articles in "Kotel"

30,000 Notes Sent to Kotel via Internet n Past Year

About 30,000 people from a long list of countries around the world have sent messages and prayers that were placed among the stones of the ...

730 Jews Visit Temple Mount on Second Day of Passover

About 730 Jews visited the Temple Mount on Sunday, the second day of the Passover holiday, despite the Muslim riots and disturbances and ...

Bnei Menashe Olim from India Visit Kotel for First Time

About 550 Olim (immigrants) from the Bnei Menashe community, who recently made Aliyah (immigrated to Israel) and now live in the Galilee, ...

Chief Rabbis of Israel Call for Prayer Rally at Kotel for Ukraine Jews

The Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau, called on the public on Tuesday to attend a prayer rally following ...

Kotel Foundation ‘Shocked’ by Conduct of Women of the Wall 

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the administrator of the holy site, expressed "shock" at the activities of the Women of the Wall ...

Israel to Invest NIS 110 M. to Upgrade Infrastructures and Encourage Visits to Kotel

The government approved on Sunday a new five-year plan to upgrade infrastructures and encourage visits to the Kotel, Western Wall, at an ...

Women of the Wall Clash with Orthodox at Kotel

About 40 activists from the Woman of the Wall group arrived at the Kotel (Western Wall) plaza on Monday for the Rosh Chodesh (new month) ...

Reform Rabbi Utilizes Parliamentary Immunity to Violate Status Quo at Kotel

Member of Knesset (MK) Gilad Kariv, a member of the Labor party and a Reform rabbi, took advantage of his parliamentary immunity to violate ...

Jerusalem City Official Warns Bennett of Pending Disaster at Kotel

The temporary wooden bridge leading from the Kotel plaza to the Temple Mount is on the verge of collapsing, and the government must ...

In COVID-19 Times, Traditional Priestly Blessing at Kotel Held Twice on Passover

The Birkat Kohanim, the traditional priestly blessing recited during the morning prayers of Passover at the Kotel Plaza, was held twice ...