Western Wall
holy site of Judaism in Jerusalem
Episodes
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#5824: Herod's Four Walls: Why Only One Became the KotelHerod built four retaining walls around the Temple Mount. Three survive today — but only one became Judaism's holiest prayer site. Here's why.Main topic -
#5822: Building Herod's Wall, One Course at a TimeHow 300-tonne limestone blocks became a 488-metre retaining wall — without anyone ever lifting them to the top.Main topic -
#5683: How a Handshake Became the Temple Mount Status QuoNo treaty, no law, no signature — just Moshe Dayan's oral agreement with the Waqf, still governing the Mount 59 years later.Main topic -
#5803: Who Built Jerusalem's Old City Walls?The stone ring around Jerusalem's Old City is younger than you think — and the legend about its architects is wrong. -
#5677: When 80,000 Pilgrims Fill Your NeighborhoodSukkot turns central Jerusalem into a pilgrimage site. What can locals borrow from New Yorkers who live beside Times Square? -
#5496: Taking Down Jerusalem's 7km Border, Street by StreetBarbed wire, minefields, and a wax-pencil line: how Jerusalem's seven-kilometre border was physically torn down after 1967. -
#5642: What Archaeology Says About the BibleFrom the Tel Dan Stele to the missing First Temple — what secular archaeology has actually confirmed, disputed, and refuted in the Bible. -
#5510: Six Churches, One Roof, 270 Years of DeadlockSix churches share Jerusalem's holiest sites — and none can move a chair without the other five agreeing. Here's how that happened. -
#5223: Jerusalem's Ghost Towers and the Diaspora Buyer10,340 unsold apartments, 15,000 ghost homes, and luxury towers pre-sold to buyers who visit twice a year. What is Jerusalem becoming? -
#5180: Egypt's Gaza and Israel's Jerusalem: Two Legal SuspensionsEgypt ruled Gaza for 19 years without annexing it. Israel applied full law to East Jerusalem in 1967. Two occupied places, two very different legal...