 The new plaza created in 1967 is used for worship and public gatherings , including Bar mitzvah celebrations and the swearing @-@ in ceremonies of newly full @-@ fledged soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces . Tens of thousands of Jews flock to the wall on the Jewish holidays , and particularly on the fast of Tisha B 'Av , which marks the destruction of the Temple and on Jerusalem Day , which commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967 and the delivery of the Wall into Jewish hands . 
