Western Wall: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - The Western Wall: History and Overview. May 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Official Site Western Wall Heritage Foundation. Feb 03, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Aberdeen - The Western Wall during the British Mandate of Palestine: Politics, strategies, struggles (PDF). Mar 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs - The Western Wall and the Jews: More than a Thousand Years of Prayer. Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Idaho - Western Wall. Jul 24, 2024
Added cross-reference. Apr 24, 2024
Added cross-references. Mar 10, 2024
Add new Web site: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews - What Is the Western Wall? Jan 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The Western Wall: Is it the Kotel or Al-Buraq Wall? Aug 08, 2023
Article revised. Sep 16, 2020
Article revised to make clear that the Western Wall is a remnant of the retaining wall that surrounded the Temple Mount. Sep 16, 2020
Added cross-references throughout. May 22, 2020
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - The Western Wall: A Quick History. Oct 24, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jan 30, 2019
Add new Web site: Western Wall Heritage Foundation - What is the Western Wall? Jan 17, 2019
Media added. Aug 04, 2015
Replaced photograph. Jun 18, 2014
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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