Kotel
Temple Mount’s delicate balance tested as Jewish prayer, Ramadan crowds meet
For decades after 1967, the Temple Mount was defined by a simple rule: Jews could visit but not pray. Small but meaningful changes are quietly shifting that balance.
Jews pray on Jerusalem's Temple Mount as decades-old status quo begins to shift
'I never had a bar mitzvah,' lone soldiers from Ethiopia to celebrate at the Western Wall
Beyond the Headlines: Moments at Ben-Gurion Airport, the Kotel - opinion
Thousands of notes removed from Western Wall before Rosh Hashanah
The process of removal is being carried out in accordance with halachic instructions, using gloves and disposable wooden tools.
Western Wall stones undergo inspection before Rosh Hashanah
This check is conducted annually around Rosh Hashanah and Passover, to make sure that Western Wall prayer does not pose a safety risk to anyone.
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.
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.
Jerusalem Day: One Kotel for all - opinion
worry that the Western Wall is being unintentionally appropriated by religious Jews.
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.
This week in Jerusalem: Nof Zahav
A weekly round-up of city affairs.
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.
Letters to the Editor February 27, 2023: Work over family
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
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.
