Robinson’s Arch is a dramatic part of the Western Wall – actually the southern part of the Kotel Hama’aravi – as opposed to the “other” wall area, the Western Wall plaza, which is the ...

According to the proposed legislation, only religious ceremonies that comport with the existing traditions at the Kotel Hama'aravi (Western Wall) and that do not offend religious sensibilities ...

The location of the Arch along the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, yet at a distance from the Kotel Plaza, has prompted the Israeli Government to set aside the Arch area, which is not under the ...

the aim of the current government is to maintain the Orthodox character of the Kotel Hama'aravi, adding that she, personally, will not vote in favor of the Compromise plan.

The Kotel HaMaaravi, or the Western Wall, has been fundamental to Jewish consciousness since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. It is not surprising, therefore, that it became a ...

Thus, the current intense disagreement over the Western Wall, the Kotel HaMa’aravi, is not about prayer per se, but who controls Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora. Denying Liberal Jews a ...

The first was the Israeli Cabinet’s freezing of a resolution aimed at further accommodating mixed-sex worshippers at the Kotel HaMaaravi, or Western Wall. The second was a Knesset bill providing ...

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Friedman’s next allusion to Jerusalem involved noting that he is the “first [US] ambassador to accompany [Trump] in visiting the ‘kotel hama’aravi,’ the Western Wall.” From here ...

The Kotel compromise is like manna ... The Israelites wanted to go back to Egypt to enjoy adults’ flavors. HaKotel HaMaaravi (the Western Wall) is the western side of the retaining wall ...

A group of Haredim who disrupted and harassed a bar mitzvah in the egalitarian section of the Kotel. One of them holds a sign that reads “You’re creating a new Judaism! So build a new Kotel!” ...