Many Orthodox Jews are pushing for the construction of a third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. With all the hype coming out of Israel, you would think it was on the verge of being built. But in an article for the Times of Israel, Eliezer Wolf, an Orthodox Jew, put a bit of a damper on this enthusiasm. In his article about the prospects of a third Jewish Temple, he writes, “In the past 60 years, we haven’t built the Third Temple, nor are there any substantial plans or efforts to do so.” The reality is that the Jews are nowhere close to building a third Temple. One of the biggest hindrances to its construction is the Muslim administration of the Temple Mount through the Jordanian Waqf. It currently restricts Jewish access to the site and is firmly opposed to a Jewish Temple. The Muslims also have two Islamic buildings on the Temple Mount, the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. To make matters more complicated, the mosque is built over the very …