Stephanie L. Hallett, the Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, on her first visit to the Western Wall since taking office. She met with the rabbi of the Western Wall and holy site, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz.

Prayers to the Western Wall from 140 countries: “For My House shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, in keeping with tradition: Prayer notes placed between the stones of the Western Wall over the past six months have been removed and transferred for ritual burial.





