All of us who love going to the Old City and davening at the KOTEL (or ‘KOYSEL’) must take this opportunity to thank God (and, yes, the IDF) for this privilege.

Darkaynu’s overall goal is to teach them practical skills for living a Jewish life, encompassing Shabbat observance and kashrut. DARKAYNU WOMEN’S first visit to the Old City and the Kotel is a ...

While davening, my prayers have never felt more potent. As I heard other women’s tears around me at the Kotel and Kever Rochel, I cried with them. Our hearts synched up as we poured them out to Hashem ...

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Our View This is what learning and davening daily opposite the Kotel is all about. You begin each morning with a clear view of Hashem’s benevolence and the miracles He performs on our behalf.

Disturbances at the Kotel, sadly, are nothing new and rightfully raise anxieties and concerns across the Jewish world. But t he events that unfolded June 30, when several families having b’nai ...

A year ago, Mendy Lipszyc wanted to purchase a photo of people davening at the Kotel. He staged a photo instead which ended up becoming a painting and a timely gift. Full Story Last August, my wife ...

46-year-old father of eight Rabbi Zeev Katzenelnbogen was finishing davening the morning prayers Sunday morning when a terrorist opened fire at the Kotel. Still wearing his tallis and tefillin, ...

For the best part of four years, at the behest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he had labored assiduously to stitch together an agreement regarding pluralistic prayer at the Kotel between ...

We boarded our tour bus and drove to the Kotel for Women of the Wall ’s 7 a.m. service in celebration of Rosh Hodesh and the group’s 30 th anniversary. Ultra-Orthodox protesters have appeared ...

Instead of davening at the Kotel, as most do, I avail myself of a weekly Bnei Akiva minyan whose attendants are mostly children of the Old City. It is held at the Kotel HaKatan, a small revealed ...