“If a nation and a country have a soul – then Jerusalem is their soul,” said Ben Gurion. He imagined the many pilgrims making their way up to Jerusalem and to the Kotel and understood the longing, the joy, and the desire to touch the stones of the Kotel and pray near them.
Photo: Ben Gurion with Teddy Kollek (former mayor of Jerusalem) at the Western Wall, courtesy of Rabbi Shechter’s family
South Sudan’s Foreign Minister Visits the Western Wall
“God’s promise to the Jewish People Is eternal – He has never abandoned you. We in South Sudan stand in solidarity with the Jewish People and the State of Israel.”
13 Tammuz 5786
June 28, 2026
