Western Wall

American  

noun

1. a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70.

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Western Wall British  

noun

1. Also called: Wailing Wall.  Judaism a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage

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Western Wall

In 1993 Pope John Paul II formally recognized Israel, and in 2000 he placed a letter of apology for past Jewish suffering in a Western Wall crevice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

We’ll have to count on the Western Wall.

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