In 1991, as a newly minted college graduate skipping class at HUC, I stood with Women of the Wall, shofar in hand. As I ...

and the inner sanctum of the Holy of Holies in particular. Western Wall synagogue that opened on December 19. (photo credit: ISRAEL BARDUGO) A remarkable new synagogue within the Western Wall ...

Congress recognized “undivided” Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 1995. The Western Wall is the outer wall of the Second Temple, destroyed in 70 C.E., and its largest remnant. It is adjacent ...

Trouble began to brew over the trip when a U.S. state department official preparing the visit said Israel ... Wall, which is one of last remaining structures that formed part of the outer wall ...