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.
Czech Foreign Minister
Czech Republic’s minister of Foreign Affairs visits and prays at the Western Wall
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka visited and prayed at the Western Wall alongside Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, expressing deep solidarity with Israel and gratitude to the Jewish people for their enduring contribution to civilization.
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April 14, 2026
