The bizarre rules of the Temple Mount

Miriam Elman has a detailed summary of the bizarre rules that govern Jewish visits to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. I strongly urge you to read the whole thing, especially if you're not familiar with the situation. But I found especially intriguing Miriam's summary of an essay by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik.

In an important essay for the online journal Mosaic
this past November,