Western Wall Plaza hosted the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle, in the presence of dignitaries and with the ...

A labourer stands on a portable lift as he injects a type of grout into gaps and fissures in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, as part of the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

In a powerful act of solidarity, visiting Christian leaders placed notes bearing names of Nova Festival victims between the ...

STORY: Twice a year, the Rabbi of the Western Wall oversees the collection of thousands of notes to ensure there's always room for more. The papers are then buried on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives in ...

Dr Amit Re’im and Dr Marion Zindel, excavation directors on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said of the find, “The newly uncovered section, known in ancient historical sources as the ...

The Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, the most sacred place in Judaism, reopened on Tuesday with social distancing guidelines in place to protect worshippers during the coronavirus pandemic. The ...

I am talking about the steps that lead from the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem, down to the Western Wall plaza. This week marks the 47th anniversary of the first time I descended those steps and then ...

Thousands of Jewish worshippers packed the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem on Sunday for the Passover priestly blessing, an event that takes place annually during the intermediate days (Chol Hamoed) ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of worshippers packed Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza on Wednesday to receive a blessing from members of Judaism's priestly caste. Holding prayers shawls above ...

JERUSALEM — Installing an elevator doesn’t normally involve a 2,000-year plunge into an ancient city’s history. But in Jerusalem, even seemingly simple construction projects can lead to archaeological ...

An anti-Semitic vandal scrawled “Slaughter the Jews” on a section of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem over the weekend, according to local reports. The chilling phrase was spray-painted in Arabic ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The ancient stones that make up Jerusalem's Western Wall are showing the scars of weathering from two millennia of scorching sunlight and driving rain. To stop them getting worse ...