Egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall

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. 

Members of the Women of the Wall, Conservative and Reform Movement  hold Rosh Hodesh prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, March 4, 2022.
 MK Gilad Kariv holds a Torah Scroll during Rosh Hodesh prayer of women of the wall, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, February 22, 2023.

Reform rabbis hold prayers at Kotel, Noam Party activists protest in egal section

The Western Wall.

What’s behind the exaggerated proposed Kotel legislation?

 US AMBASSADOR Thomas Nides arrives at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on December 5, 2021, to present his credentials.

Nides lights candles at egalitarian Kotel; Gantz heckled at main site


Two years on, no progress at egalitarian Kotel plaza

‘They are trying to make us feel like second-rate citizens by making us pray at a third-rate place.’

Construction at the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall

Passover interview with Jerusalem Mayor, Moshe Lion

What would happen if you’re invited to a bat mitzvah that takes place in the “egalitarian” area? First I’d say no, but then I would check the case. Progressive Jewry is not a problem in Jerusalem.

Moshe Lion, 2019.

State attorney threatens to open non-Orthodox Kotel section

Petitions by the national-religious group B'Tsedek demand to dismantle the existing egalitarian prayer platform, arguing that it was built illegally.

MEMBERS OF Women of the Wall pray at the Kotel.

Gov't fails again to approve work on egalitarian Kotel plaza

Plans to upgrade and renovate the egalitarian prayer section of the Western Wall will be voted on in the Regional Committee for Planning and Construction of the Finance Ministry.

A man and woman pray at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall

Approval granted to Kotel egalitarian section upgrades

However, the plans to extend the prayer platform to the stones of the Western Wall actually received the requisite permits back in 2013.

A view of the Western Wall plaza, the Dome of the Rock and the top of Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.

400-pound fallen Western Wall stone cleared from Egalitarian prayer area

The foundation will be responsible for examining and preserving the stone until a decision is made regarding its future.

A crane clears a fallen stone from the Western Wall, July 25 2018

Shaked quits committee for Western Wall after national-religious pressure

Steinitz takes her place, averting crisis

A view of the Western Wall plaza, the Dome of the Rock and the top of Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Way to the wall

The Berland incident does, however, show that when administrators of the Western Wall have the will, they can solve problems.

The Robinson's Arch area of the Western Wall

Minister Hanegbi vows egalitarian prayer site at Kotel 'will be beautiful'

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan added that "agreements reached in good faith must be honored."

A view of the Western Wall plaza, the Dome of the Rock and the top of Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Journalist wants to sue Kotel rabbi over segregation during Pence visit

On a podium erected for the journalists, the women were required to stand behind the men. The women finally removed a tarp and stood on chairs so they could see over their male colleagues.

The Israeli press gathering at the Kotel moments before US Vice President Pence arrives.