Kotel

'I never had a bar mitzvah,' lone soldiers from Ethiopia to celebrate at the Western Wall

The ceremony is expected to bring together soldiers and soldiers without immediate family in Israel, many of whom immigrated alone and joined the Israel Defense Forces.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Soldiers praying at the Kotel in 2013.
Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on September 18, 2025.

Beyond the Headlines: Moments at Ben-Gurion Airport, the Kotel - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
An IDF orphan, wearing a beret from the Nachal Brigade, celebrating his bar mitzvah at the Kotel in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025.

Forty-eight IDF orphans mark bnei mitzvah at Western Wall

Forty-eight children who lost a parent in IDF service marked their bnei mitzvah at the Western Wall in a ceremony of unity and remembrance.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Central Selichot services at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. August 24, 2023

The future of our people: Strength, love, safety in our youth - opinion

Before arriving at the Old City, we made a series of remarkable stops that reminded us of the richness of our heritage, the resilience of our people, and the vitality of our state.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Israeli bill seeks to revive Western Wall compromise after six years

A significant change was proposed for the access to this "mixed" prayer area in the Kotel Compromise.

JUNE 27, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Torah scrolls being moved from the Western Wall to genizah.

Major UK Jewish group to require approval for trips over Israel's Green Line

UJIA's new policy on travel beyond the Green Line - including to the Kotel - raises fresh challenges and triggers diverse responses within the UK's Jewish community.

JUNE 18, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
View of the Dome of the Rock, the western wall and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on November 16, 2022.

Jerusalem Day: One Kotel for all - opinion

worry that the Western Wall is being unintentionally appropriated by religious Jews.

MAY 12, 2023ByMOSHE TARAGIN
Jerusalem was the only territory in ancient Israel which wasn’t allocated to a particular tribe (Illustrative).

Chabad holds Kotel bar mitzvah ceremony for 121 orphans

This year's celebration was set against a backdrop of ongoing protests and turmoil in Jerusalem surrounding the proposed judicial reform.

MARCH 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah

This week in Jerusalem: Nof Zahav

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

MARCH 10, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
LONELY NO more: Working in a downtown cafe.

Western Wall compromise: Israel's High Court to hold hearing

This is the first hearing taking place on the issue in the past two years and the first during this government. 

FEBRUARY 28, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Members of the Women of the Wall, Conservative and Reform Movement hold Rosh Hodesh prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, March 4, 2022.

Letters to the Editor February 27, 2023: Work over family

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Reform rabbis hold prayers at Kotel, Noam Party activists protest in egal section

Chaos broke out across the Kotel as Women of the Wall held prayer services in the main plaza and Noam Party activists took over the egalitarian section.

FEBRUARY 22, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
MK Gilad Kariv holds a Torah Scroll during Rosh Hodesh prayer of women of the wall, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, February 22, 2023.

Underwear at the Western Wall: Two wrongs don't make a right - opinion

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, looked at the role of the Jewish people and said that we are taught to fight darkness with light. This is how we will solve our issues.

FEBRUARY 16, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
A prayer calling for unity and dialogue takes place near the Western Wall, on Monday.

Letters to the Editor February 13, 2023: Is it normal?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters