Prayer at Temple Mount Unites Jewish, Christian Leaders

January 22, 2025

by: JNS

Wednesday, 22 January 2025 | A prayer service at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount brought together Jewish and Christian worshippers on Monday to pray for newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump.

Rabbi Tuly Weisz, of Israel365, stated that the service—which he called “historic,” “unprecedented” and a “powerful display of religious unity and determination”—took place “despite the Jordanian Waqf’s continuing restrictions on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount.”

“Courageous religious leaders and their followers demonstrated that the right to prayer cannot be denied,” Weisz said, noting that the prayer “marked a significant step forward in the fight for religious freedom in Jerusalem.”

“On this day that represents new beginnings, we turned to our Father in Heaven, the God of Israel in unity and prayer,” the rabbi said. “Here, at the seat of His heavenly throne, Jews and Christians gather together to pray for the success of Donald Trump in his second term.”

According to Weisz, the service brought together Israeli singer Yair Levi, Belz Chassidim, Temple Mount prayer advocate Rabbi Yehuda Glick and Peter Fast, international CEO of Bridges for Peace, and John Enarson, founder of Cry for Zion.

Posted on January 22, 2025

Source: (This article was originally published by the Jewish News Syndicate on January 21, 2025. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

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