Augmented reality technology recognizes what is being viewed through one's smartphone camera and overlays it with corresponding virtual information to provide an experience of the Western Wall site as it was during ancient times.
During the times of the Temple, this ceremony was held once every seven years when all of Israel – men, women, and children – were gathered in Jerusalem for the Sukkot festival.
'Who would have believed that peace would come to our home in such a glorious way? It is a Chanukah miracle,' says Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.
Health Ministry eases restrictions, allows expansion of prayers at Judaism's holiest site and hints that synagogues might reopen by week's end, with conditions.
At a moving bar mitzvah ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall, 15 underprivileged boys read from the Torah and put on tefillin, as is customary during this traditional Jewish rite of passage.
Hundreds of Israelis on Monday evening convened at the Western Wall for a special prayer session to give thanks to God for the bountiful rain with which Israel has been blessed.
A group of football players and their families, in Israel as representatives of the NFL, had a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Israel's Chief Rabbi, while blessing worshipers at the Western Wall during Sukkot prayers, praised the warmth and beauty of the unity of Jewish Nation.
Continuing with its narrative warfare, the Palestinian Authority's media arm demonized Jews for observing a day of mourning for the destruction of the two Jewish Temples in Jerusalem.
People from around the world, of all faiths and creeds, send letters addressed to 'God' and destined to Israel, and Israel's postal service has delivered the letters, which will be placed between the stones of the Western Wall, ahead of the upcoming New Year Jewish holidays.
For years, the Islamic Waqf has worked, unchallenged, to destroy historical evidence of the two Jewish Temples on the Temple Mount and build other structures. Now, Israel has ordered a halt to construction out of fear the process would damage the Western Wall.
The UN's special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, rejected the invitation, insulted at the suggestion that UN staff in Jerusalem were insufficiently educated about the history of the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. Unfortunately, the UN has proven it is biased against Israel and ignores basic facts.
The UN has passed yet another anti-Israel resolution denying historical and archaeological evidence proving a long-existing Jewish presence on the Temple Mount.
Two American Jewish women from the anti-Israel Code Pink organization disturbed prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem supposedly in order to teach Israelis about justice and non-violence.
Israel condemned a UNESCO resolution that declares holy Jewish sites as Muslim, saying it is a distortion of history which only adds fuel to the flames of violence in the region.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova strongly condemned another Palestinian attempt to distort history and have the Western Wall declared as belonging to them.
An Arab terrorist stabbed two Israelis in Jerusalem's Old City - the latest in a series of car terror attacks plaguing the capital and the surrounding area.
Israel is celebrating the 48th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, its eternal capital. The Old City was liberated during the Six Day War in 1967, after 19 years of Jordanian occupation.
A couple of guys came to Israel for two weeks and filmed each other running and jumping, making their way to the grand prize: the rooftops of the Holy City of Jerusalem.
Sukkot - the Festival of Joy - is an ideal time for Jewish families to travel throughout the Land of Israel and appreciate the Jewish Nation dwelling in it homeland. Wish you were here to join us!
When we told our friends that we were making Aliyah, some were shocked. Well, to all our friends who doubted us: We are celebrating our 20th year of Aliyah!
A soldier recalls all her previous visits to Jerusalem, standing on Mount Zion and looking longingly at the Old City. After the Six Day War, she could go there.
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