Western Wall
Lesley Sachs
March 12, 2026, 12:00 pm
The ‘Jewish jugglers’ at the Western Wall
The debate over the wall is inseparable from the wider discussion about Israel's democratic framework.
By Lesley Sachs
Artist Julian Clavijo painted a mural of the Kotel for the Ark Centre. Photo: Sharyn Kolieb
March 5, 2026, 3:09 pm
New mural of Jerusalem’s Western Wall
The ARK Centre recently unveiled new renovations, including a mural of Jerusalem’s Western Wall.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Conservative rabbis pray at the Ezrat Yisrael egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, December 12, 2024. Photo: Courtesy/ File via TOI
February 26, 2026, 4:57 pm
Progressive groups slam Knesset bill restricting Western Wall prayer
'For Australian Jews who identify with Progressive, Reform, or Masorti traditions, these developments feel like a direct assault on the legitimacy of our own religious lives'
By AJN STAFF and SAM SOKOL
Members of the Women of the Wall, Conservative and Reform Movements hold Rosh Chodesh prayers at the Western Wall. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
August 1, 2023, 6:31 am
Court bans Torah bag searches at Western Wall
It represents a significant legal victory by groups seeking to liberalise Jewish worship at the site, several promoters of that cause have said. But the authority that runs the site said the ruling vindicates its policies.
By CANAAN LIDOR
The Women of the Wall. Photo: Danny Hochberg
June 13, 2023, 7:12 am
The conflict at the Kotel goes on
The women have been corralled to a corner of the women's section, far from the wall. They are approximately 60, and huddle together in a circle, both for safety and to hear each other sing.
By Danny Hochberg
The Western Wall in Jerusalem.
January 12, 2018, 12:00 am
The wall we nearly missed
Regardless of each visitor’s religious persuasion, age, education or background, we were together at the Kotel reflecting on our wishes and of those we hold dear to us.
Photo: Yaniv Berman, courtesy the Israel Antiquities Authority
October 20, 2017, 12:00 am
Fascinating Kotel find
In what they call a "thrilling" discovery, archaeologists have just unearthed a large section of the Western Wall that hasn't been seen in almost two millennia.
By Nathan Jeffay
The Western Wall.
June 29, 2017, 9:36 am
Bibi blasted for ‘betraying’ Jewish unity
THE government in Jerusalem is being accused of sabotaging the Israel–Diaspora relationship, after it suspended plans for a grand mixed-gender prayer gallery at the Western Wall.
By Nathan Jeffay
An Israeli armored unit of Centurion tanks in the Negev. Photo: Fritz Cohen/GPO
June 1, 2017, 12:01 am
Six days that changed the world
HALF a century after Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian forces threatened to annihilate Israel, only to be roundly defeated by the IDF, community leaders in Australia have reflected on the tension and triumph that engulfed Israel and the entire Jewish world during the Six-Day War.
May 23, 2017, 5:58 am
Trump: first US president to visit Kotel
President Donald Trump visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to go to the holy site. Trump arrived there under heavy security Monday afternoon with his wife, Melania, daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP
May 11, 2017, 10:41 am
Israel prepares for Trump’s visit
President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to Israel in March will reportedly include stops at Masada, the Western Wall and meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
November 9, 2016, 1:49 pm
Clash over ‘Wall for all’ heats up
Israel should ignore the feelings of American Jews and break promises for a non-Orthodox prayer section at the Kotel.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
October 27, 2016, 10:25 am
Bishop ‘dismayed’ at UNESCO resolution
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has told the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) she is “dismayed and disappointed” at UNESCO’s draft decision.
October 11, 2013, 11:13 am
War of the wall hots up
HAREDI women employed technology as their surprise weapon in the latest monthly showdown with women at the Western Wall.
By Nathan Jeffay
May 22, 2013, 12:00 am
UPJ lauds Kotel U-turn
THE Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) has said it is encouraged by what it sees as a groundswell of support in Israel for egalitarian access to the Kotel after several hundred worshippers, including women wearing tallits and tefillin, prayed at the Western Wall behind police protection.
By Peter Kohn
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