Argentinian Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein visited at the Western Wall on Sunday as part of a broader diplomatic trip to Israel, but he didn’t just see the historic site. He prayed there—for the Jewish state. “Coming here is emotional and…
A stone dating to the First Temple period more than 2,500 years ago and is thought to have been used to accurately weigh the Biblical “temple tax” was recently discovered in Jerusalem. The find may be small in size, but…
With the coronavirus pandemic shuttering much of the planet, descendants of Israel’s High Priestly line carefully met outdoors on Sunday—in line with health protocol—at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to pray the traditional Priestly Blessing from the Biblical book of…
While recent calls for a new Palestinian terror campaign—in response to United States President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital—have generally gone unheeded, violence against Israel still continued over the weekend. On Sunday, the IDF Spokesman reported via Twitter…
The Western Wall is central to Judaism today as the holiest site for regular religious observance, but when Israel announced plans to build a cable car there and add elevators and tunnels to link it to the Jewish Quarter in…
Legislators on both sides of the political aisle in the United States have come out strongly to defend Israel against the United Nations Security Council Resolution condemning Israel and calling Biblical Jerusalem and the Western Wall “occupied” territory—and now those…