WATCH: What is the Jewish People’s Holiest Place in the World? Max Gelber 6 years ago A model of the Second Temple at the Israel Museum. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90) Hint – it’s NOT the Western Wall! Is there one specific place that Jews consider to be the holiest spot in the world? Many would say it is the Western Wall. That is NOT correct! Historian Ken Spiro sets the record straight.