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A time for repentance: Selichot prayers begin across Israel

As Elul begins, yeshiva students return to study and Sephardic Jews begin nightly Selichot prayers; The month of repentance also brings crowds to the Western Wall, alongside performances and tours inspired by centuries-old liturgical poetry

Shilo Freid | 08.14.26

Thousands at Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall

Right before the High Holidays, religious sites to be closed across the country

Religious Services Ministry says it lacks the budget to keep the holy places open after the Supreme Court froze the transfer of funds approved by the Knesset finance committee for religious needs and Haredi education networks

Shilo Freid | 08.11.26

Holocaust survivors from Ra’anana gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to celebrate bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies that were taken from them during childhood by the horrors of the Holocaust

Holocaust survivors celebrate the bar and bat mitzvahs they never had at the Western Wall

Dozens of Holocaust survivors celebrated bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies decades after World War II prevented them from marking the milestone, in an event honoring loss, resilience and the continuity of Jewish life

ynet Global | 07.30.26

Tens of thousands gather at the Western Wall on Tisha B'Av eve | Live

Worshippers arrived at the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem to sit on the ground and read the Book of Lamentations and other kinot on the day of mourning for the destruction of the Temple

Shilo Freid | 07.22.26

The Western Wall was once a national symbol for all Israelis; What changed?

After the Six-Day War, the Western Wall became a national symbol for Israelis of all backgrounds, but its transfer to religious authorities and the introduction of gender separation gradually turned it into an ultra-Orthodox space

Shmuel Munitz | 05.19.26

Beneath the Western Wall, a hidden Jerusalem is revealed

Works beneath the Western Wall Plaza are exposing layers of Jerusalem’s history, from ancient structures to Roman and First Temple-era finds, revealing an ancient city that keeps surprising archaeologists

Shilo Freid | 05.17.26

The legends behind Jerusalem’s Lions’ Gate, from Suleiman to the Six-Day War

Known by many names across Jewish, Christian and Muslim tradition, Jerusalem’s Lions’ Gate carries centuries of legends, from Suleiman the Magnificent’s dream to the Israeli paratroopers who entered the Old City through it in 1967

Dr. Yoel Rappel | 05.15.26

5-ton Western Wall stone returned from Kirya defense HQ in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

Part of a broader initiative to restore ancient stones from the Western Wall that were placed in various locations across Israel over the years; 'Stones of the Western Wall carry the soul of the Jewish people, the pain of exile and the joy of return'

Shilo Freid | 05.04.26

דקת דומייה בתל אביב לזכר חללי מערכות ישראל

Herzog: war generation deserves to dream about day after, it deserves hope

Nation pauses as siren marks Memorial Day for 25,648 fallen; Western Wall ceremony begins with leaders honoring victims, while nationwide events and tributes unfold and bereaved families are commemorated across Israel

Netael Bandel | 04.20.26

High Court raises Western Wall wartime visitor cap, delays broader ruling on holy sites

Judges approve increase to 100 people at Western Wall under wartime restrictions but leave Temple Mount issue unresolved, setting another hearing as Netanyahu and other officials blast court’s intervention

Tova Zimuky, Liran Tamari, Netael Bandel | 04.05.26

Tens of thousands of notes removed from between the stones of the Western Wall

Among those collected during the annual pre-Passover cleanup were prayers for peace from Iranian citizens sent through the Western Wall Heritage Foundation's website, and notes from commanders in the US Army who currently are fighting alongside IDF soldiers

Shilo Freid | 03.09.26

'You have no place at the Western Wall': Knesset vote sparks fierce backlash

Women of the Wall Vice Chair Tami Gottlieb says a bill granting the Chief Rabbinate full authority over the Western Wall would effectively end the mixed plaza, insisting 'the Wall is a public space,' while attorney Doron Taubman says protesters 'come to provoke, not to pray'

Sharon Kidon | 02.26.26

ב' מניף את דגל ישראל בטקס שנערך על רחבת הכותל המערבי

Lone soldier from Ethiopia marks first bar mitzvah at Western Wall after IDF conversion

Lone soldiers who converted during their military service celebrated bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies at the Western Wall alongside volunteers from the Big Brother for Lone Soldiers nonprofit; B., a Nahal Brigade soldier, said the ceremony gave him 'a sense of closure'

Yogev Israeli | 02.24.26

The secret of our strength: keeping the Western Wall a symbol of unity, not division

Opinion: In 2016, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the Western Wall compromise, proposing the Ezrat Yisrael plaza as a mixed-gender prayer space for diverse Jewish rituals; yesterday the Supreme Court ordered the government to implement it

Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin | 02.23.26

Netanyahu freezes Western Wall bill amid dispute over egalitarian prayer section

After High Court orders progress on egalitarian plaza, prime minister cancels ministers’ vote on Orthodox-only proposal; justice minister says he will support Avi Maoz’s bill in Knesset

Shilo Freid | 02.22.26

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