To Wail or Not to Wail – #SLPilgrimage

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Emilie Callan

Have you ever wondered why they call it the Wailing Wall? It’s evident as soon as you get closer to it and make your way through the faithful standing before it, finding just enough space to press your hand against its cold brick to pray. During Salt and Light’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land in February, each […]

Letters from the Holy Land: The Western Wall

Friday, November 15, 2013

Jeroen Van Der Biezen

What an experience visiting Israel! We spent the whole day in Jerusalem visiting many very meaningful places, but in this post I want to focus on something small that struck me in a particular way. The driver dropped us off close to the Western wall and after a quick security check we entered the square […]