This is the Forward’s coverage of the Western Wall, also called the Kotel, a Jewish holy site in Jerusalem adjacent to the Temple Mount.
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Fast Forward Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Parties Aim To Block Egalitarian Section At Western Wall
The ultra-Orthodox parties in Israel’s governing coalition are pushing a resolution that will repeal the decision to create an egalitarian section at the Western Wall, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The move by Shas and United Torah Judaism would continue to allow egalitarian prayer at the Robinson’s Arch complex, but would not approve the creation…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israeli Woman Walks Naked Across Western Wall Plaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli woman was detained by police after streaking naked through the Western Wall Plaza. The woman removed her clothes on the women’s side of the Plaza on Sunday afternoon and then calmly started walking toward the men’s section. One person approached the woman and tried to cover her up with a…
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Fast Forward Ousted Palestinians Mourn Loss Of Razed Neighborhood In Shadow Of Western Wall
Days after capturing Jerusalem’s Old City in a 1967 war, Israel razed the Moroccan Quarter, a ramshackle neighborhood of Palestinian homes in front of the Western Wall, aiming to create an open space for Jews to pray at one of their holiest sites. The 50th anniversary of that conflict has rekindled memories of the event,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Approves Western Wall Elevator To Improve Handicap Access
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan on Sunday to build an elevator from Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall that would allow more accessibility for handicapped people to the holy site. The elevator and a pedestrian tunnel at its foot is estimated to cost $14 million. The Ruderman Family Foundation praised the decision…
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Opinion ‘Modest’ Ivanka Trump Did Nothing Wrong At Western Wall
Before President Donald Trump and his family members made their way to the Western Wall speculation was rife, as to whether or not they would obey the gender separation rules and split up to the women’s and men’s sections. One might think that there would be no technical reason for the foursome – the president…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Twitter Profile Features Western Wall Prayer
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump changed his Twitter profile’s background picture to feature a photo of his prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Trump or one of the people he trusts with his personal Twitter account posted the photo on Monday after Trump had prayed at the wall. The previous picture showed Trump seated in…
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Fast Forward Was Ivanka Wrong About Judaism’s ‘Holiest Place’?
Ivanka Trump just wanted to share her emotional visit at the Western Wall with nearly 4 million Twitter followers. But what ensued was a social media storm questioning her understanding of Jewish history. “It was deeply meaningful to visit the holiest site of my faith and to leave a note of prayer,” Ivanka Trump tweeted…
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Fast Forward Rex Tillerson Refuses To Say Western Wall Is Part Of Israel — Again
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would not say that the Western Wall is part of Israel when asked about by a reporter during the presidential flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel. Tillerson met with reporters in the back of Air Force One on Monday morning during the flight to the second stop on President…
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