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. 

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
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

Chaos broke out across the Kotel as Women of the Wall held prayer services in the main plaza and Noam Party activists took over the egalitarian section.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
The Western Wall.

What’s behind the exaggerated proposed Kotel legislation?

A new Western Wall bill proposed by Shas could see visitors who dress “not modestly” face a six-month prison sentence.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
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 different Hanukkah lightings took place Tuesday night at the Western Wall in Jerusalem with different political messages.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Last Licks

AUGUST 26, 2017ByBONNIE RIVA RAS
The Jerusalem Post

The wall between us: Egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall

A personal view on a controversial subject.

AUGUST 13, 2017ByJAMIE HALPER
Jamie Halper raises the Torah with Women of the Wall on July 24, 2017.

Western Wall must not become symbol of Jewish divisiveness, says Rivlin

Differences set aside in search for common values at annual Tisha Be’av study session.

JULY 31, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The Western Wall in Jerusalem

Israeli gov't opposes court-ordered egalitarian section at Western Wall

Progressive groups petitioned the court to handle government accountability regarding the egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall.

JULY 18, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
Reform Jews pray at new Western Wall egalitarian section

How the Western Wall deal fell apart

From the Women of the Wall to the latest Kotel controversy.

JULY 15, 2017ByHERB KEINON
The Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem