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Zionist Federation states Kotel must remain a home for the whole Jewish people

The Zionist Federation of Australia has raised concern about proposed legislation before Israel’s parliament that would place prayer arrangements...

Knesset advances bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Israel’s Knesset has advanced controversial legislation that would place prayer arrangements at the Western Wall under the exclusive control...

Engineers inspect Jerusalem’s Western Wall as surge of visitors expected for high holidays

As Jews prepare for the upcoming High Holidays, engineers on Tuesday began getting the holy site ready for the...

Half a million people visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall despite tensions

Despite security tensions with Palestinians on the Temple Mount, “about half a million people” visited the Western Wall in...

Jewish Agency collects prayers to place in Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur

An effort to help Jews who due to coronavirus restrictions cannot visit Jerusalem this holiday season.

Groups petition Israeli High Court for expanded Western Wall egalitarian prayer section

The Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel, the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, and the Women of the...

‘Donald John Trump, Western Wall’ train station approved for construction

The project was approved on Tuesday when Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz accepted recommendations issued by the steering committee of Israel Railways to construct a train station in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter.

New portions of Western Wall and Roman theatre unveiled in Jerusalem

The Israel Antiquity Authority (IAA) has announced large-scale excavations conducted in the Old City of Jerusalem for the past two years have revealed massive portions of the Western Wall unseen for 1,700 years, as well as an ancient Roman theatre.

“Jewish People have no connection to the Western Wall” – UNESCO

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed a UNESCO decision claiming the Jewish People have no connection to the Temple Mount or the Western Wall.