Western Wall
The Western Wall. (Photo by David Rullo)_
March 10, 2026, 12:02 pm
Non-Orthodox leaders react to Kotel bill
The bill would give Israel's chief rabbinate full control over prayer at the site.
By David Rullo
Work to remove graffiti at the "Ezrat Yisrael" egalitarian prayer space of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Aug. 11, 2025. (Credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation)
August 11, 2025, 8:31 am
Fury after Western Wall defaced with ‘Holocaust in Gaza’ graffiti
A Jewish suspect was apprehended in the investigation into the vandalism.
By JNS Staff
Segregated-gender Orthodox prayer in the Robinson’s Arch pluralistic prayer platform at the Western Wall, July 13, 2018. (Courtesy via Times of Israel)
July 5, 2022, 10:18 am
After bar mitzvah overrun by zealots, parents lament: ‘We saw Israel at its lowest’
Ultra-Orthodox boys and men disrupted prayer services at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall as police stood by; those in attendance say it shook their connection to Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish women praying at the women’s section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 16, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
March 23, 2022, 12:41 pm
The Purim paradox
According to Orthodox Judaism, women are obligated to hear megillah because they were part of the miracle that we are celebrating.
By Yochi Rappeport
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