#Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall

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Leonard Cohen at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1973. Unknown photographer.

[secular-jew]

Jewish women praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, 1870s. Photographer: Maison Bonfils

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Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Palestine

Egyptian vintage postcard

[i-am-roadrunner]

katherynwinnick: Ok, Let’s go find out why people say it’s the most Spiritual Place on Earth ...❤️🙏

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The Wailing Wall

Artist: Jean Leon Gerome (French, 1824 - 1904)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: 1880

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Western Wall, known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall, is a portion of ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem that forms part of the larger retaining wall of the hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount.

[badjokesbyjeff]

A man visits his Rabbi 

One day, a Jewish man visits his rabbi, with a worried look on his face.

"Rabbi Moishe, I've got quite a problem. It's my son, see. He went to Jerusalem to make pilgramage to the Wailing Wall, but when he came back, he'd become a Christian! I tried to ask him why he converted, but he didn't give me a straight answer. How on earth do you think that happened?"

The other Rabbi clicks his tongue in disbelief. "I wish I could give you a good answer, but to tell you the truth, the exact same thing happened to me! My son wanted to follow in my footsteps, went to Jerusalem for a theological study trip, and came back a Christian. I just don't know how it happened!"

Since they were at an impasse, the two men decided to pray to God and seek his aid with their problem.

"Oh graceful Elohim, we seek your counsel! We both sent our sons out to Jerusalem, but one way or another, they ended up Christian! How did this happen, oh Lord?"

There's a few seconds of silence, before a great sigh comes from above, and a divine voice booms back to them.

"Guys, you won't believe what happened to my son..."

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muro del pianto, jerusalem, 2023

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Three boys, one Jewish, one Muslim and one Christian, all bearing the name of Abraham, at the Dome of the Rock and the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, 2000.

📷: Photo by Reza/Getty Images

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Everyday life in Palestine before 1948📸 Getty

a woman wearing traditional Palestinian clothing, 1925

men in Jericho sharing a meal, 1920

monk sweeping floor in Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, 1898

Jews gathering at the Wailing Wall, 1895

Romani women, Palestine, 1893

Jerusalem, 1903

Sikhs helping protect Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, c. 1900

Woman from Nazareth, 1870

Man in Dead Sea, 1920

A peace dinner with Arabs and Jews of Palestine, 1926

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At the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, photographed by David Sherman

[secular-jew]

Israel doesn't get a lot of snow, but it did in 1921. Here are 2 British soldiers knee-deep in snow at the Wailing Wall.

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The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Palestine

British vintage postcard

[bronzeagenormie]

ikik it is unlike me to post abt szuch personal details but in retrospect its so funny how when tgey found out abt my erm unusual proclivities my atheist, lifelong antizionist, ethnically jewish dad & my autistic godfearing orthodox christian mon decided to go on a pilgrimage to the holy land to "knock on tge door of evry synagogue in jerusalem & pray at da wailing wall for their child 2b fixed" & within 4 days of them getting there my mom texted me like "weve seen szo many pride flags in tel aviv i keep thinking of u, ppl actually accept this lgbt shit in other parts of the world. if u decide to continue in this lifestyle, u shld study hard and get a good job so that society will have to accept you

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