the Western Wall

Cultural  

1. A wall in the old city of Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem), whose stones may have formed part of the Temple of Solomon. Sometimes called the Wailing Wall, it is visited in great numbers by Jews (see also Jews) as a holy place that commemorates their sorrows from earliest times.

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Example Sentences

AFP journalists at the scene saw the damage just a few hundred metres from Jerusalem's revered holy sites of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Every year thousands of Israelis march a route through Jerusalem and the annexed Old City, ending at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray in Jerusalem.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

The march winds through Jerusalem’s Old City toward the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

“I had grown up going to synagogues,” Cooper explains, “And in Hebrew school, there was always a picture of the Western Wall on one of the walls.”

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024

We’ll have to count on the Western Wall.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank