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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the Western Wall, April 18, 2025.

'We will bring them home,' US amb. Huckabee vows at Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Released hostage Eliya Cohen and his girlfriend Ziv Abud prayed for the return of the remaining hostages in Gaza at a visit to the Western Wall.

Former hostage Eliya Cohen makes first visit to Western Wall after release

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Annual Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah commemoration for orphan boys

123 orphan boys celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Children are seen spelunking in the Biyar Aqueduct.

Let my people go have fun! 48 things to do for Passover in and near Jerusalem

By JOANNA SHEBSON , Ronit Ansbacher

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, April 2, 2025.

Gafni slams Ben-Gvir for Temple Mount visit as a 'desecration' of sacred site

By EFRAT FORSHER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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By Isaac Kaplan

IDF Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir and predecessor Herzi Halevi visit the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, on March 5, 2025

Halevi, Zamir visit Western Wall, after transfer of title

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former hostage Emily Damari at the Western Wall.

Former Hamas hostage Emily Damari returns to Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A stone from the western wall is rolled through Ben-Guiron Airport.

Western Wall Rabbi urges stone be returned from airport display

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Delegation of Thai representatives visits the Western Wall. February 2, 2025.

Thai delegation visits Western Wall after five nationals released from Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The renovated interior of the Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue.

Ohel Yitzchak: Jerusalem synagogue combines the old and the new

By LEAH ABRAMOWITZ

A nearly empty Western Wall plaza is seen in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus pandemic, on January 4, 2021.

Israel to fly stone from Western Wall to 2025 Osaka World Expo

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Holocaust survivors light the fifth Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, December 29, 2024.

Holocaust survivors light fifth Hanukkah candle ceremony at Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

NAZI TROOPS and students gather seized papers and books to burn, in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 1933.

This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

By Steven Drucker

Haim Taib: ‘In the same way that the Torah unites the Jewish people, this scroll became something that united the Jewish people.’

The lessons of Haim Taib’s Torah

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The cradle of the conflict: An ex-religious Jew climbs the Temple Mount

By YONATAN VERSTANDIG

The world's largest sukkah is seen in Jerusalem's Safra Square, home of the Jerusalem Municipality, for the Sukkot holiday.

Sukkot fun in Jerusalem: Family activities for the holiday

By Ronit Ansbacher , JOANNA SHEBSON

Haim Taib, Yaacov Argamani, writing the last letter on the Torah Scroll.

Torah scroll dedicated at Western Wall to honor October 7 victims and fallen soldiers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF