LibGuides: Walls: Western Wall (Wailing Wall)

NCCS Encyclopedia and Database Articles

Western (Wailing) Wall / The Kotel (article from FactCite)
Western Wall (article from Britannica)
Western Wall (article from World Book)
Western Wall (article from Gale in Context E-book)
From: Encyclopaedia Judaica
Wall tales: China's Great wall is not the oldest, nor the only world--renowned wall...(article from Gale in Context)
One of four others, each of which has played a major role in the history of its country
Western Wall (article from Gale in Context)
From: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa

Web Resources

Crumbling stone in the Western Wall exposes Jerusalem’s religious fractures (from The Guardian)
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (Unesco World Heritage Foundation)
Jerusalem (from worldhistory.org)
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Wailing Wall in Art

Credit: Praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, (oil on canvas laid on board), Bauernfeind, Gustave (1848-1904) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Library