(JTA) — The heavy stone that fell out of the Western Wall and came crashing down on a platform set aside for egalitarian prayer has been removed for examination and restoration, but the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Western Wall stones were cleaned and sanitized ahead of Passover. Every year, the prayer notes tucked between the stones in the wall are removed at Passover and before the ...

Representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority are expected to aid in the removal of the stone from the southern area of the wall. A nearly empty Western Wall plaza is seen in Jerusalem's ...

make their way to the Western Wall each year to pray, writing their wishes on small pieces of paper before placing them between the cracks in the stone for God to answer. According to one ...

Israel’s Foreign Ministry is set to fly a stone from the Western Wall to the upcoming 2025 World Expo to be held in Osaka, Ynet reported earlier this week. Representatives of the Israel ...

I close my eyes and place my hands on the stones, centuries-smooth from stroking ... A man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in this May 26, 2014, file photo. (CNS/Paul Haring) There have ...