Adapting to COVID era, Passover priestly blessing at Western Wall to stretch across 2 days
Service usually draws thousands of Jews to the holy site but as attendance is restricted over coronavirus restrictions, the ceremony ...
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How did Jews put notes in the Western Wall during COVID?
Western Wall Heritage Foundation reports that since Passover 2020, over 71,000 notes were emailed from Jews all over the world. ...
Western Wall undergoes annual pre-Passover checkup
To ensure the safety of visitors, engineers and archaeological conservators track the condition of each and every stone, in accordance ...
'Jews want to conquer the Temple Mount,' Turkish app claims
Zionist watchdog group Im Tirzu looks into new Turkish smartphone app titled "The Guide to Al-Aqsa Mosque" and concludes that ...
Leading rabbis in Israel call for boycott of Reform Judaism
Head of the Reform Movement in Israel Rabbi Gilad Kariv: In a public health crisis, prominent rabbis are choosing to ...
2-shekel weight from First Temple era appears in archaeological debris
Weight dating back 2,700 years was used by men and women in ancient Jerusalem before the advent of silver coinage.
A mystery for Tisha B'Av
If consensus is reached on the location of an ancient synagogue built beneath the Temple Mount, it could prove that ...
Jewish worshippers urged not to kiss Western Wall
Coronavirus prompts Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz to issue instructions for worshippers at the holiest site where Jewish prayer is permitted to ...
Gov't mulls imposing extensive civilian restrictions as number of corona cases climbs to 193
Some 2,500 healthcare workers are under quarantine prompting calls to ensure medical teams are protected. Health Ministry readies to exacerbate ...
'I came to liberate the Western Wall'
Israel Hayom sits down with Executive Director of Women of the Wall, Yochi Rappeport, a 29-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman who ...