TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s government on Sunday approved a compromise to expand the non-Orthodox Jewish prayer section of the Western Wall, putting to rest the decades-long fight between ...

was broadcast live from the Western Wall during the Jewish Fast of Esther, which commemorates the fast undertaken by the Jews of Shushan in the Book of Esther as a prayer for salvation from the ...

in the presence of the rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, who led a special prayer for the return of the hostages. Also in attendance were MK Boaz Bismuth ...

Four times for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, one of the holiest places in the Jewish faith, and once for smuggling a Torah scroll into the sacred site.

After 471 days in captivity, Emily Damari revisits the sacred site that gave her hope through a stolen radio moment on Yom ...

On Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, the youngest member at ...

Discreet Jewish prayer has been permitted by the police since ... ascended to the Mughrabi Gate from the entrance to the ...

The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing ... B.C. Millions of pilgrims (Jewish and non-Jewish) make their way to the Western Wall each year to pray, writing their wishes on small pieces of ...

It is wrong to try to prevent women’s services at the Western Wall. To continue reading, we just need a few details ...

Kadish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. On the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz' liberation Goldfarb visits the remains of the death camp and explores the origins of Kaddish, and why the Jewish ...

Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. On the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz' liberation Michael Goldfarb explores the origins and meaning of Kaddish. How did a prayer for the dead, in which ...