New York Times Gets Judaism’s Holiest Site Wrong

UPDATE

Following correspondence with HonestReporting, the New York Times has issued the following correction:

While we thank the NY Times for acknowledging the error, we also note how the correction tellingly fails to clarify that it is the Temple Mount itself that is Judaism’s holiest site.

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It’s an all too common error that appears in far too many media outlets. The New York Times has published the following:

The Western Wall is not the holiest site in Judaism. It is, in fact, the Temple Mount. The Western Wall is the closest site that Jews can pray to the site of the destroyed ancient temples and is a part of a retaining wall of the structure of the Second Temple.

Aside from the New York Times’s statement being factually inaccurate, it is important to ensure that the correct and accurate information is out there particularly at a time when Israel’s enemies are attempting to delegitimize the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.