Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional Priestly Blessing, a ...

During the ceremony, the young man holds up posters for two captives still in the Strip, Segev Kalfon and Alon Ohel, as the massive crowd recites the prayer for the hostages ...

Tens of thousands attended the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the Priestly Blessing amid ongoing tensions. The event, a ...

The ceremony will be attended by the Chief Rabbis of Israel, hostages and their families, and the Mayor of Jerusalem.

Released hostage Eliya Cohen, who is of priestly lineage, visited the Western Wall on Tuesday and delivered the Priestly Blessing to tens of thousands praying there.

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

Tens of thousands of people assembled at Jerusalem’s Western Wall for the 'Birkat Cohanim,' a 2,500-year-old priestly blessing ritual. Led by top rabbis and featuring Eliya Cohen, a former Gaza ...