Tag: Western Wall Plaza

"These efforts aim to enhance the experience for visitors and worshippers while ensuring the safety of those at the site."

The event takes place twice a year, during the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot.

"We heard about the incident, and since then have been conducting sample checks of siddurim in the prayer area, but have not found such prayer books."

"We will never forget the enlistment and dedication of the volunteers in the nation's difficult hour. You healed not only wounds of the body but also the wounds of the soul."

Due to the high demand and the public's desire to participate in the traditional ceremony, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation will hold this year's Birkat Kohanim service twice.

The Jerusalem Municipality, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the Office for Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage, and the Jerusalem Development Authority for the Development of Jerusalem will hold a special festive broadcast on Thursday.

In their petition to the High Court, the flag dance parade organizers demanded to be permitted to form a human chain from the city center to the Western Wall, with 3,000 participants.

The sites of Western Wall Tunnels remain closed until further notice.

The public is requested to follow the directives of the police and the ushers.

"The children have not yet recovered from the trauma of the past few days, and the sirens are very stressful to them and raise their anxiety level."

WOW demanded the use of the PA system. Needless to say, the request – which was tantamount to asking firefighters for a light – was rejected by Rabbi Rabinovitch.

“Why is it that in Caesarea, Masada and Beit She’an it’s OK to hold events and here it’s prohibited?"

"I decided to name the Kotel station after US President Donald Trump, in appreciation of his courageous and historic decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel."

Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered large portions of courses of the Western Wall that have been hidden for 1,700 years, including an ancient Roman theater.

What's probably most stunning about the clergy's letter is that they demand that the Prime Minister defy the will of his elected coalition partners and impose rules to benefit some US tourists – and all of it in the name of democracy. One wonders if they understand the meaning of Democracy.

Most of the attacks are targeting Israelis and Jews in Jerusalem.

“The Jews of the U.S. are welcomed and loved. They are our brothers. But mistakes were made regarding timing and the way things were done."

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin called it "an important decision that will change the face of the city and significantly upgrade the tourist experience."

Erekat claims Israel is deliberately sabotaging international efforts to revive the peace process and working to annex Judea and Samaria.

The momentous event has occasionally been greeted with rocks thrown down from the Temple Mount by the current masters of the holy site.

Every effort was made to focus on the happiness of the day and leave the child’s pain aside.

An investigative journalist disguised as an Orthodox Jews but armed with knives was able to bypass security on the Sabbath.

Israel's Rabbinate is caught in a pool of political quicksand over the issue of plurality at the Western Wall.

Hundreds of Israeli police and Border Guard Police officers were among worshipers at the Blessing of the Kohanim.

Speaking on the eve of Sukkot, President Rivlin said, "The festivals of Israel all highlight the inextricable bond between our people and our land, and no forum or body in the world can come and deny the connection between the Jewish people, the Land of Israel and Jerusalem."

The bomb squad was called to the Western Wall Plaza to check a suspicious item in a tunnel.

The WOW email accuses Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the state-appointed administrator of the Kotel, of creating a "Catch 22" for women

Maj. Gen. Eizenkot said at the ceremony that the unity of the nation "is the foundation of the Israel Defense Forces, and it shapes it as the nation's army, as a state army."

The Western Wall checked out fine in a test of its stability by engineers.