MK warns of rift with US Jewry if Western Wall plan nixed
As ultra-Orthodox parties work to stymie pluralistic pavilion, Nachman Shai says reneging on 2016 deal will ‘endanger important relationship’
View ArticleBowing to ultra-Orthodox pressure, cabinet halts pluralistic Western Wall deal
Israel’s Reform movement says freezing the plan to build mixed-gender prayer plaza harms Israel and its connection to the Jewish people; Jewish Agency expresses ‘deep disappointment’
View ArticleLiberman: Shelving Western Wall plan a ‘severe blow’ to Jewish unity
Former Israel envoy to US Michael Oren says ‘despicable’ decision marks ‘the abandonment of Zionism’; Diaspora Minister Bennett skips vote
View ArticleVote with your feet at Robinson’s Arch
Coalition politics will crumple under one million Jews praying annually at the mixed section of the Kotel
View ArticleCould a 1924 British Mandate law kill the Western Wall pluralistic pavilion?
A long-awaited High Court hearing will assemble petitioners on both sides of a frozen government decision to stake their claims at Judaism's holiest site
View ArticleIsrael insists it won’t fully implement Western Wall egalitarian prayer deal
Addressing Jewish Agency at pluralistic prayer platform, Tzachi Hanegbi vows to improve the site's appearance but rejects Diaspora Jewry's key demands
View ArticleMKs, Diaspora leaders quarrel in Knesset meeting on Western Wall deal
Justifying objections to a pluralistic prayer space, Shas MK Malchieli says there are certain places that 'you don't enter with dogs'
View ArticleWestern Wall egalitarian area used daily for gender-segregated Orthodox prayer
Students from two Old City yeshivas bring in temporary 'mehitza' dividers for Orthodox crowds of up to 100 at site set aside for pluralistic prayer
View ArticleAncient boulder dislodges from Western Wall, crashes down near woman at prayer
Dramatic footage shows large stone coming loose from holy site, shattering on egalitarian prayer platform below; lands near Daniella Goldberg, 79, but she is unharmed
View ArticleWestern Wall rabbi urges ‘soul-searching’ after massive stone crashes down
Shmuel Rabinovitch says 'most rare' incident at egalitarian prayer area, coming day after Tisha B'Av mourning for destroyed Temples, raises profound 'doubts and questions'
View ArticleArchaeologist says entire Western Wall is ‘danger zone,’ public should stay away
Warning of 'multiple cracks' after boulder falls, Zachi Dvira says people should not be allowed near holy site -- neither in the mainstream prayer pavilion nor at Robinson's Arch
View ArticleLiberal Jewish leaders sound skeptical note on PM’s Western Wall promises
Head of Conservative movement in Israel says Netanyahu's past words haven't been 'translated into reality,' while Reform counterpart calls speech to Diaspora Jews 'scandalous'
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Tiny First Temple seal impression found with name of Bible-era royal steward
Inscribed with 'Belonging to Adoniyahu, Royal Steward,' a clay sealing from the 7th century BCE uncovered from earth excavated at the foundations of the Western Wall
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Work to secure Western Wall stones in egalitarian area completed
Efforts came after 400-pound stone dislodged from Robinson’s Arch in July 2018 and crashed down on platform designated for mixed prayer, just missing a 79-year-old worshiper
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Daily Briefing July 18 – Why Jews are increasingly praying on the Temple Mount
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