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

There is no data on how non-Orthodox Jews would prefer to pray at the Western Wall. But they have led opposition to Orthodox control of the iconic plaza, and voices in the Jewish press have ...

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 ...

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.

Thousands of Jewish ... prayer shawls before chanting the ancient prayer. Israeli police have blocked off the entrance to the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. Outside the Western Wall ...

Later, a man named Moses saved the Jewish people from ... pilgrimage here every year to pray at the foot of the wall. This is why it is sometimes called the Wailing Wall. These are two Orthodox ...