Most Clicked This Week
- Bret Stephen's Israel stint taught him "democracies rarely muster their full reserves of determination until they’ve been bloodied one time too many"
- Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot tries to cheer us up but the knives are out: “Nothing like rich famous people singing “imagine no possessions” in their mortgage free homes as the rest of society queue at Lidl for broken biscuits”
- “The Rafah Brigade has been defeated. Their four battalions have been destroyed, and we have completed operational control over the entire urban area”
- ‘Are you a Jew?’ Arab Attacks on Jews nothing new.
- "The explicit goal of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is the elimination of the Jewish state, not the building-up of a Palestinian counterpart"
- Roman colonialists invented the word “Palestine” in order to insult the native Jewish population with the memory of their ancient enemies, the Philistines.
- Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks
- Rafah Egypt-Gaza border crossing "track record conclusively disproves the widespread fallacy that Hamas is primarily concerned with the Palestinian cause rather than the cause of global jihad"
Tag Archives: Western Wall
This year, Jews are facing a challenging situation that may prevent them from properly exercising their religious traditions
JERUSALEM POST Jews invited to send notes to be placed in Western Wall for Yom Kippur by Tobias Siegal September 23, 2020 The Jewish Agency has launched a unique global project that will allow Jews from across the world to … Continue reading
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Tagged Jerusalem, Jewish Agency, Kotel, Western Wall
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“Jews from around the world will be able to land at Ben-Gurion and in a short amount of time be at the Western Wall to be spiritually uplifted”
JNS Extension of high-speed rail to Old City Jerusalem expected to alleviate traffic, boost tourism by Josh Hasten February 20, 2020 In what is being dubbed as a historical development, Israel’s Transportation Ministry announced this week that is it moving … Continue reading
“Jews are ‘colonialists’ and ‘occupiers’ who only arrived in Israel in 1948, the academics claimed on Palestinian TV”
JERUSALEM POST Palestinian academics deny archaelogical evidence of Jews in Israel by Donna Rachel Edmunds December 1, 2019 The Palestinian Authority is continuing with its propaganda mission to deny Jewish links to the land of Israel by placing on television … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Jerusalem, Kotel, Palestinians, Western Wall
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“Bolton reportedly told Netanyahu that the U.S. Syria withdrawal, rather than a time-sensitive pullout, would be contingent on the neutralization of the threat of ISIS in the country”
JNS Bolton visits Netanyahu, Western Wall tunnels with Israeli officials to ire of PA by Malkah Fleisher January 7, 2019 After a visit to the Western Wall and its tunnels on Sunday, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton met with … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Golan Heights, John Bolton, Syria, Western Wall
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Archaeological find: Temple Mount may have been used after fall of the Second Temple
TIMES OF ISRAEL Massive section of Western Wall and Roman theater uncovered after 1,700 years by Amanda Borschel-Dan October 16, 2017 Archaeologists are one step closer to solving the riddle of what took place in Jerusalem following the destruction of … Continue reading
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Tagged Kotel, Romans, Second Temple, Temple Mount, Western Wall
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“Man praying at Western Wall on 17th of Tammuz discovers mixed gender prayer space is completely empty. ‘Where are the Reform worshippers?'”
HAARETZ Who Are We to Tell Religious Jews What to Do at the Western Wall? by Irit Linur July 11, 2017 Like many secular Jews, I am not particularly interested in the Kotel. It has no shade or Zara outlet. … Continue reading
“People have every right to be angry about the government’s move…While wrong, it doesn’t justify the vitriol being leveled at the government by American Jewish leaders threatening to rethink their support for Israel”
JERUSALEM POST Who Cares About Jewish Unity? by Caroline B. Glick June 29, 2017 There are four important aspects to the government’s decisions on Sunday relating to egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and the conversion bill. The first is … Continue reading
“Don’t delude yourself thinking your quarrels are a battle over Israel’s existence. There are genuine threats to Israel, and they’ve nothing to do with who prays where or when”
JNS A different take on the Western Wall controversy by Stephen M. Flatow June 28, 2017 The headlines of the Jewish press this week were filled with stories about angry American Jews arriving in Israel and denouncing the Israeli government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Jerusalem, Kotel, Western Wall
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“Decision to suspend the plan prompted warnings that it may spark a crisis with Diaspora Jews, especially in the US” [VIDEO]
ISRAEL HAYOM Decision to nix Western Wall compromise riles Diaspora by Shlomo Cesana, Mati Tuchfeld, Yehuda Shlezinger, Yori Yalon and Staff June 26, 2017 The government on Sunday shelved a long-overdue plan to open a mixed-gender prayer area at the Western … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Kotel, Reform Jews, Shas, Western Wall
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Israeli court rules in interim injunction “that Western Wall Rabbi and other state agencies must explain why women should not be allowed to pray in accordance with their custom at the traditional plaza”
JERUSALEM POST High Court Hints Women Should be Allowed to Read Torah at Western Wall by Jeremy Sharon January 13, 2017 The High Court of Justice on Wednesday gave a strong indication that it will rule that women should be … Continue reading
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Tagged Jerusalem, Western Wall, Women of the Wall
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