Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, who arrived as a guest of honor at the Jerusalem Film Festival, visited the Western Wall for the first time in her life this morning.
Jennifer toured the Western Wall Tunnels and the newly opened ‘Gateway to Heaven’ exhibit, which is now available to visitors at the Western Wall. She met with the rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, and the director of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, Mr. Mordechai (Suli) Eliav.
The actress was moved by her visit to the Western Wall and remarked that she knows she has a mission to be an ambassador for the Jewish people worldwide. She was invited to return for another tour with her family.
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.
25 Elul 5786
September 7, 2026
