Kotel

Jerusalem Day: Why are Jews ashamed of reclaiming Jerusalem? - opinion

In many Jewish communities, Jerusalem Day goes unnoticed. The liberation of Jerusalem is no longer celebrated as a miracle or even as a historic achievement. How did we lose our way so quickly?

 A FLAG march takes place through the Old City on Jerusalem Day, in May. Israel will become a bi-national state and its Jewish expressions, including the national flag, will lose their status and their meaning, the writer warns.
President of Argentina Javier Milei at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. April 19, 2026.

How Milei brought Judeo-Christian civilization home to Jerusalem - comment

Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the war in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2026.

High Court allows broader anti-war protests over weekend, criticizes state over repeated delays

Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the ongoing war with Iran, at haBima Square in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2026.

High Court postpones joint protest and Kotel hearings to Friday, resets filing deadlines


Letters to the Editor July 13, 2022: A resounding 'yes'

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Jewish Agency offers security at Kotel if government ‘won’t protect Jews’

"If the Israeli government won’t protect Jews at the Kotel [Western Wall], then perhaps Jewish Agency security teams need to be placed there."

 JEWS PRAY at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day, last month.

Miri Regev: Everything wrong with Israeli politics - editorial

It is important to call out these lies whenever we see them. Political cynicism must have boundaries.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev resorted to making threats that took advantage of the power she wields from her position in the government. This is a criminal offense, and it needs to be stopped.

Australian Jewish community joins the demand from Lapid to secure Kotel

"The Government must ensure that police protection is provided to ensure freedom of worship at the Kotel."

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives first cabinet meeting address

US Conservative, Reform movements to Lapid: Kotel needs to stay safe

They mentioned the recent Rosh Chodesh egalitarian section prayer service, where ultra-Orthodox youth were physically violent toward their members • "you support implementing the Kotel Agreement"

 PRAYERS AT the Kotel.

Lapid: Disruptions to egalitarian prayer at Kotel ‘unacceptable’

“The limitations on the prayers there make Israel the only Western state in which Jews don’t have freedom of worship, which is unacceptable to me,” Lapid said.

 Women of the Wall hold up a sign reading "Prime Minister Lapid, implement the Western Wall outline!"

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders: Stop teaching hate - opinion

The young zealots at the Kotel (some were as young as 12) are the products of the schools and communities that raised them. We should call this what it is: a form of antisemitism.

 HAREDI PROTESTORS scuffle with police as the Women of the Wall movement holds Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall, in March.

Letters to the Editor July 3, 2022: Enormous difference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Yair Lapid, do the right thing for the Western Wall - opinion

Why is my country shaming me for my Jewish practice? Is my desire to be an equal Jew a “finger in someone’s eye?”

 A WOMAN holds up a Torah scroll as members of Women of the Wall and the Conservative and Reform movements chant and pray on Rosh Hodesh Adar II at the Kotel, in March.

Six Day War: IDF troops became an unwitting symbol of unified Jerusalem

The photograph appeared throughout the country – in newspapers, on posters and later in books about the war. Yifat suddenly had become more than a soldier who participated in an extraordinary event.

 IN 2017, the three men in the iconic 1967 photo of three paratroopers that came to symbolize the reunification of Jerusalem, reprise their original positions at the Western Wall. (From left) Haim Oshri, Yitzhak Yifat and Zion Karasent.