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Members of Women of the Wall gather around a Torah scroll the group smuggled in for their Rosh Hodesh prayers marking the new month, at the Western Wall where women are forbidden from reading from the Tora.

Western Wall prayer site's future is in doubt under Israel's fragile government

3:52am January 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israel's refusal to recognize liberal Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism has long been a point of tension with American Jews.

Vice President Pence touches Jerusalem's Western Wall during his visit to Judaism's holiest prayer site on Tuesday.

Female Journalists Complain Of Obstructed View At Pence's Western Wall Visit

3:54pm January 23, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

The hashtag #PenceFence made the rounds on Twitter as female journalists said they were made to stand behind their male colleagues at the vice president's visit to the holy site in Jerusalem.

President Trump visits the Western Wall on Monday.

In A Historic First, Trump Visits Old City Of Jerusalem

2:23pm May 22, 2017

by Mark Katkov

Trump is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Old City of Jerusalem, seized by Israel in the Six-Day War a half-century ago. President Trump visited Christian and Jewish religious sites.

Within the current prayer area, to the left of the wooden bridge, a division between the men's and women's sections is marked by a barrier. The new prayer space will be to the right of the bridge.

New Western Wall Rules Break Down Barriers For Jewish Women

9:18am February 06, 2016

by Emily Harris

Israel has made a deal to create an area at Judaism's holiest site where women and men can pray together. But some say creating a government-supported egalitarian prayer space undermines unity.