Tag: Kotel
US remains concerned over freeze of Kotel egalitarian area plan
The United States remains concerned by an Israeli government decision to freeze a plan to build an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall, as is evident in the International Religious Freedom Report for...
Chief Rabbinate contests high court jurisdiction over Western Wall prayer
The Chief Rabbinate maintained in a position statement to the High Court of Justice on Monday that the court has no authority to intervene on the issue of prayer rights for progressive Jews at...
The Western Wall prayer controversy: separating fact from fiction
Before an Arab terror attack that killed two Israeli policemen ignited the latest wave of tension over the Temple Mount, much of the Jewish world’s attention had focused on an internal Jewish controversy surrounding...
Western Wall must not become symbol of Jewish divisiveness, says Rivlin
The Western Wall, the only remnant of the holy sanctuary on the Temple Mount, cannot be permitted to become a symbol of Jewish divisiveness, President Reuven Rivlin declared on Monday.
Rivlin addressed an audience of...
Yes, the Jewish Community can unite
When I was growing up on the West Side of Manhattan, I recall elderly men from Jerusalem ringing our doorbell a couple of times per year. They were pious, and they were raising money...
Federation values pluralism in Israel
In the past couple of weeks, I have received many questions from supporters in our community about the recent actions of the Israeli government that affect religious status issues in Israel, particularly at the...
Bernstein: Israel Cabinet decisions greatly affect American Jews
According to the Sages of the Talmud, sinat hinam, causeless hatred, among Jews destroyed the Temple. We no longer have the Temple, but 50 years since the Six-Day War, the Kotel (Western Wall), our last remnant of...
AIPAC leaders warn Netanyahu of ‘crisis of faith’ among US Jews with freeze on...
Three AIPAC leaders reportedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “we have lost the incentive to act for Israel” and of a “crisis of faith” among American Jews in the aftermath of the freezing...
Knesset votes down Kotel compromise
The government plan regarding an expanded egalitarian section of the Western Wall was rejected yet again on Wednesday, when it was brought to a vote in the form of a bill.
Zionist Union MK Nachman...
How an earthquake in 1546 made the “Kotel” possible
There was no Kotel prior to the middle of 16th century. The area that we call the Western Wall is not the last remaining ruin of the SecondTemple. The four retaining walls of the Temple Mount, including the western wall, existed since...