The Western Wall is the holiest place where Jews pray. It was erected as part of King Herod the Great’s expansion of the Second Temple, initiated in 19 b.c. The Romans destroyed the Temple in ...

The Jewish Agency, which brokered the Western Wall deal on behalf of the Israeli ... When they come to the Kotel, the people want to come and visit a holy place.” Non-Orthodox Jews generally ...

Not just from the Holy Land but from life itself. This has never succeeded before, and it will not succeed now. Found a mistake? Contact us Jews pray at the Western Wall (pre-state)Library of ...

It also held Jewish holy scriptures and documents ... With only the Western Wall remaining of the temple in Jerusalem, the local synagogues now became the new centers of the Jewish religion.

The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall or the Kotel, is the most significant historic site for the Jewish faith. This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King ...

A Jewish man climbed the Western Wall, a holy site in Jerusalem, in order to ascend the Temple Mount on Thursday, the Chief Rabbinate confirmed. The individual reportedly desecrated the religious ...

St. John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff in 1986 at Rome’s main synagogue, believed to be the oldest Jewish community in the ...

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Mark Patinkin's book "The Holy ... the Western Wall itself. Above it, 3,000 years ago, King Solomon, son of David, built the original Jewish temple ...

TEACHER: This chamber in the wall is called a 'mihrab ... Did you enjoy your travels? The Jewish holy book is called the Torah. Jews believe that this is a sacred book and so they do not touch ...