The Western Wall is one of the most iconic religious sites in the world. Tens of thousands of Jews travel there to pray. But what is the Western Wall?

Shelly Sarah, a 22 year old Israeli from Hadera, stops at the Western Wall stone on display at Israel's Ben-Gurion International airport before a trip to Thailand as her boyfriend looks on ...

Sunday, after decades of conflict, leaders of Judaism’s three major denominations reached a compromise on the future of prayer at the Western Wall, and got the Israeli government’s backing.