Read more Western Wall stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33085/western-wall.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:24:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65197/jews-tweet-prayers-to-wailing-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJews seeking to send a message to God can now do so via Twitter, the Daily Telegraph reports. The "Tweet Your Prayers" service prints out tweeted prayers and deposits them between the stones in Jerusalem's 2,000-year-old Western Wall. Its founders accept no responsibility for unanswered prayers. "Take it up...http://www.newser.com/story/65197/jews-tweet-prayers-to-wailing-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 3:41:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58725/pope-visits-holy-sites-of-judaism-islam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI began the second day of his Holy Land tour at one of the most contentious sites in the Arab-Israeli conflict: the Dome of the Rock, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, and the adjacent Western Wall. The pontiff urged both sides to engage in...http://www.newser.com/story/58725/pope-visits-holy-sites-of-judaism-islam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 5:52:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53823/pope-must-hide-cross-at-jerusalem-site-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI plans to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem next month as a show of mutual understanding and sensitivity between Catholicism and Judaism—but a request from a prominent rabbi almost ensures he’ll offend someone, Time reports. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch said the pontiff should remove the cross he...http://www.newser.com/story/53823/pope-must-hide-cross-at-jerusalem-site-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 13:58:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38632/holy-season-for-two-faiths-intersects-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis year’s intersection of Jewish new-year holidays and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan—a rarity due to Islam’s changing calendar—is felt particularly keenly in Jerusalem, a sacred city for both religions, Ethan Bronner notes in the New York Times . Night has become “a kind of monotheistic traffic jam,...http://www.newser.com/story/38632/holy-season-for-two-faiths-intersects-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Sep 2008 11:42:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33377/paper-runs-obamas-western-wall-prayer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe prayer Barack Obama put in Jerusalem’s Western Wall yesterday was removed by a Jewish seminary student and published in a local newspaper, the AP reports. It read, “Lord—Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom...http://www.newser.com/story/33377/paper-runs-obamas-western-wall-prayer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jul 2008 15:10:31 CDT