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Jews praying at the Western Wall
Posted inOpinion

7 years in prison for praying at the Western Wall? Netanyahu’s coalition is threatening a war on Jewish unity.

by Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

(JTA) — During the recent Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations’ mission to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that Jews around the world stand strong and unified in […]

People at the Western Wall
Posted inIsrael

Israel’s High Court sides with egalitarian prayer advocates in long-running Western Wall dispute

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev February 19, 2026February 19, 2026
Singer dances in the center of a group of women, smiling and hosting a Torah scroll up over her head
Posted inNews

Bill to criminalize egalitarian prayer and immodest dress at the Western Wall is shelved after outcry

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 9, 2023
Security guards confront members of the Women of the Wall movement during Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Harassment at a Western Wall bar mitzvah renews the fight over prayer spaces in Israel

by Andrew Lapin and JTA July 8, 2022July 8, 2022

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