Tag: Western Wall
Last-ditch efforts may salvage plan for mixed prayer at Western Wall
The saga surrounding the proposed establishment of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall took another turn as ministers voted by phone late Sunday night on a new panel for the Ministerial Committee on Holy...
Citing ‘conscience,’ culture minister hampers plans for Western Wall prayer plaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday removed Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev from her position as head of the Ministerial Committee for Holy Places in an effort to facilitate a planned expansion...
One Jewish people, two dissonant tribes
What do you do about a relative who loves you but won’t listen to your concerns?
That’s the likely American Jewish reaction to news about a new poll of Israeli opinion that signals both good...
Permits requested to expand egalitarian prayer section at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has recently requested permits to expand the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the Prime Minister’s Office made the request, which was approved...
US ‘envisions’ Western Wall as part of Israel, senior Trump official says
The Trump administration "cannot envision a scenario" under which the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple and one of the holiest sights in Judaism, "would not be part of Israel" in...
US reform leaders condemn body searches of women at Western Wall
The senior leadership of the Reform Movement in the US condemned the body searches conducted on women seeking to pray in a Women of the Wall service by officials at the Western Wall on Wednesday.
Worshipers in...
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...
Conservative, Reform movements escalate fight for Western Wall equal rights
After the Western Wall egalitarian area plan was cancelled in June and caused a rift with Diaspora Jewry, the issue of prayers at the Western Wall is expected to heat up again next week,...
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...