Near the end of the exhibit stands a floor-to-ceiling model of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, complete with scraggly sprouts of foliage poking through the wall’s cracks. It is a replica of the section of the wall where the pope once inserted a written prayer, in accordance with Jewish tradition.
Visitors are encouraged to place their own written prayers in the model wall. When the exhibit closes, directors will fly the collected prayers to Jerusalem and insert them into the real Western Wall.
