Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Ph. D. (2001), Bar-Ilan University, is an Associate Professor of Land of Israel Studies at that university. He has published articles and books on the historical-geography of the Holy Land during the modern time, including Zionism's Maritime Revolution: The Yishuv’s Hold on the Land of Israel’s Sea and Shores, 1917–1948 (De Gruyter, 2019).Doron Bar, Ph.D. (2002), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, is an Associate Professor of Land of Israel Studies at this institute. He has published books and articles on popular and national holy sites in Israel, including Landscape and Ideology in the Reinterment of Renowned Jews in The Land of Israel (De Gruyter, 2016).

• ForewordList of FiguresIntroduction1 Pilgrimage and Holy Places2 National Sentiment and Holy Places3 Research Methods and Approach4 Western Wall Scholarship and the Present Volume1 The History of the Western Wall before the Six-Day War1 The Development of the Western Wall as a Holy Place2 The Western Wall in the Modern Era (1799–1967)2 Archaeology and Sanctity at the Western Wall and Its Surroundings1 Razing the Mughrabi Quarter2 The Battle over the Demolition of Homes in the Abu Saud Quarter3 Archaeology near the Southwestern Corner of the Temple Mount4 The Ministry of Religions and the Western Wall Tunnel3 Politics in the Planning of the Western Wall Plaza1 The Creation of the Temporary Plaza2 The Design of the Western Wall Plaza3 The Safdie Plan and the Related Disputes4 The Shimron Committee Conclusions4 The Western Wall as a National Israeli Symbol1 Between State and Religion, or, Who Is Responsible for the Western Wall?2 A Holy Place or a National-Historical Site?3 The IDF and the Western Wall4 Mass Prayer and Expressions of National Solidarity5 Non-Orthodox Jewish Denominations and the “Women of the Wall”: a Struggle for the Right to Pray at the Western Wall1 The Struggle over the Partition at the Western Wall Plaza2 Reform Jewry at the Western Wall, July 19683 The Non-Orthodox, the Women of the Wall, and the Right to Pray in the Western Wall Plaza4 Robinson’s Arch as an Alternative Prayer SiteSummary and Conclusions: Past, Present, and Future at the Western Wall Plaza1 Past and Present at the Western Wall Plaza2 Planning and Development: How Should the Plaza Look?3 Nation, State, and Religion at the Western Wall Plaza4 Who Owns the Western Wall?5 Past, Present, and Future InterwovenBibliographyIndex

Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Ph. D. (2001), Bar-Ilan University, is an Associate Professor of Land of Israel Studies at that university. He has published articles and books on the historical-geography of the Holy Land during the modern time, including Zionism's Maritime Revolution: The Yishuv’s Hold on the Land of Israel’s Sea and Shores, 1917–1948 (De Gruyter, 2019).Doron Bar, Ph.D. (2002), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, is an Associate Professor of Land of Israel Studies at this institute. He has published books and articles on popular and national holy sites in Israel, including Landscape and Ideology in the Reinterment of Renowned Jews in The Land of Israel (De Gruyter, 2016).

• ForewordList of FiguresIntroduction1 Pilgrimage and Holy Places2 National Sentiment and Holy Places3 Research Methods and Approach4 Western Wall Scholarship and the Present Volume1 The History of the Western Wall before the Six-Day War1 The Development of the Western Wall as a Holy Place2 The Western Wall in the Modern Era (1799–1967)2 Archaeology and Sanctity at the Western Wall and Its Surroundings1 Razing the Mughrabi Quarter2 The Battle over the Demolition of Homes in the Abu Saud Quarter3 Archaeology near the Southwestern Corner of the Temple Mount4 The Ministry of Religions and the Western Wall Tunnel3 Politics in the Planning of the Western Wall Plaza1 The Creation of the Temporary Plaza2 The Design of the Western Wall Plaza3 The Safdie Plan and the Related Disputes4 The Shimron Committee Conclusions4 The Western Wall as a National Israeli Symbol1 Between State and Religion, or, Who Is Responsible for the Western Wall?2 A Holy Place or a National-Historical Site?3 The IDF and the Western Wall4 Mass Prayer and Expressions of National Solidarity5 Non-Orthodox Jewish Denominations and the “Women of the Wall”: a Struggle for the Right to Pray at the Western Wall1 The Struggle over the Partition at the Western Wall Plaza2 Reform Jewry at the Western Wall, July 19683 The Non-Orthodox, the Women of the Wall, and the Right to Pray in the Western Wall Plaza4 Robinson’s Arch as an Alternative Prayer SiteSummary and Conclusions: Past, Present, and Future at the Western Wall Plaza1 Past and Present at the Western Wall Plaza2 Planning and Development: How Should the Plaza Look?3 Nation, State, and Religion at the Western Wall Plaza4 Who Owns the Western Wall?5 Past, Present, and Future InterwovenBibliographyIndex

Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Ph. D. (2001), Bar-Ilan University, is an Associate Professor of Land of Israel Studies at that university. He has published articles and books on the historical-geography of the Holy Land during the modern time, including Zionism's Maritime Revolution: The Yishuv’s Hold on the Land of Israel’s Sea and Shores, 1917–1948 (De Gruyter, 2019).Doron Bar, Ph.D. (2002), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, is an Associate Professor of Land of Israel Studies at this institute. He has published books and articles on popular and national holy sites in Israel, including Landscape and Ideology in the Reinterment of Renowned Jews in The Land of Israel (De Gruyter, 2016).

• ForewordList of FiguresIntroduction1 Pilgrimage and Holy Places2 National Sentiment and Holy Places3 Research Methods and Approach4 Western Wall Scholarship and the Present Volume1 The History of the Western Wall before the Six-Day War1 The Development of the Western Wall as a Holy Place2 The Western Wall in the Modern Era (1799–1967)2 Archaeology and Sanctity at the Western Wall and Its Surroundings1 Razing the Mughrabi Quarter2 The Battle over the Demolition of Homes in the Abu Saud Quarter3 Archaeology near the Southwestern Corner of the Temple Mount4 The Ministry of Religions and the Western Wall Tunnel3 Politics in the Planning of the Western Wall Plaza1 The Creation of the Temporary Plaza2 The Design of the Western Wall Plaza3 The Safdie Plan and the Related Disputes4 The Shimron Committee Conclusions4 The Western Wall as a National Israeli Symbol1 Between State and Religion, or, Who Is Responsible for the Western Wall?2 A Holy Place or a National-Historical Site?3 The IDF and the Western Wall4 Mass Prayer and Expressions of National Solidarity5 Non-Orthodox Jewish Denominations and the “Women of the Wall”: a Struggle for the Right to Pray at the Western Wall1 The Struggle over the Partition at the Western Wall Plaza2 Reform Jewry at the Western Wall, July 19683 The Non-Orthodox, the Women of the Wall, and the Right to Pray in the Western Wall Plaza4 Robinson’s Arch as an Alternative Prayer SiteSummary and Conclusions: Past, Present, and Future at the Western Wall Plaza1 Past and Present at the Western Wall Plaza2 Planning and Development: How Should the Plaza Look?3 Nation, State, and Religion at the Western Wall Plaza4 Who Owns the Western Wall?5 Past, Present, and Future InterwovenBibliographyIndex