If I hadn't been to the Western Wall myself on Wednesday, I wouldn't have believed anyone would actually remove a prayer not from the wall and have its contents reproduced in a Jerusalem newspaper.
Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Sunday was cleared of notes sent to God by worshippers, making room for new pleads-on-paper to be put into the cracks of the ancient stones. Millions of people a year visit ...
JERUSALEM — Barack Obama’s visit to the Western Wall was a public event. The handwritten prayer the presidential candidate left there was meant to be private. But as soon as he doffed the requisite ...
People from around the world place their prayers in Jerusalem's Western Wall or mail them to "God, Jerusalem". Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz is the one who clears them up. Millions of people a year visit ...
The Western Wall got a makeover this week when a cleaning crew removed thousands of tiny prayer notes from the cracks between the stones ahead of the Passover holiday. The cleaning occurs twice of ...
JERUSALEM (CNN)-- The rabbi who supervises Jerusalem's Western Wall condemned the removal of a prayer note purportedly written by Sen. Barack Obama, saying the action was "sacrilegious." The U.S.
Many of my readers and listeners are beyond feeling “concerned” about our Obama-driven nation. I’d say they’re angry. Not only are they ticked, but they also feel helpless, ignored and betrayed by ...
BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The small white post-it note was stuck to the wall amid thousands of other sticky squares, each bearing a wish, a comment or a prayer for the future of Iraq. "When will the ...
Chaplains are often asked by patients in hospitals to pray with them right before surgery. During this chaplaincy internship during my sabbatical from the newspaper, it has been great to learn prayers ...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - People from around the world place their prayers in Jerusalem's Western Wall or mail them to "God, Jerusalem." It's Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz who clears them up. Sign up here.