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US diplomat urges embassy moves to Jerusalem ahead of Jerusalem Day

The event, which took place near the Old City walls, drew approximately 30 senior diplomats from 15 countries.

Jerusalem diplomatic event highlights city’s strategic significance, May 13, 2026.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addresses the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

At Jewish Democratic event, Minneapolis mayor says anti-Zionism can blur into antisemitism

Phylisa Wisdom.

Mamdani office has no definition of antisemitism after dropping IHRA, czar confirms

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stands silently during a press conference on the Air Canada Express crash at Terminal B in LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026 in New York City.

Tensions flare at Passover seder over Mamdani’s inclusion


NYC Mayor Adams kick offs Israel trip with Jerusalem tour

Adams is set to meet with leaders of the anti-judicial reform protests on Tuesday.

 NYC Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a Jerusalem interfaith reception. August 21, 2023.

She stayed in Israel post-gap year and became a voluntary mayor

Racheli Adler: “My family knew that when I came to Israel for a gap year, I wasn’t returning. My parents built their life in a way that as soon as we were all here, they’d be able to come, too.”

 RACHELI FROMOWITZ ADLER, 31 FROM TEANECK, New Jersey, TO TZUR HADASSAH, 2010

High Court: Tiberias Law applies next mayoral election, Yosef can't run

The controversial Tiberias Law allowed Boaz Yosef to run for office by decreasing a restriction on caretaker local authorities immediately running after finishing their service. 

 Boaz Yosef looks at the damage caused to the promenade in Tiberias as a result of strong winds, May 15, 2022

Grapevine: Much that is positive

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Israel's High Court issues order against 'personal' Tiberias election law

A danger of giving this advantage to Interior Ministry appointees would be the reduced autonomy of local government from the state, said petitioners.

 Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri seen during a Shas party meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023.

Likud offered local politician a job if she quit mayoral race in bribery claims

Criminal elements have infiltrated the holy of holies of the legislative process, NGO says.

 ARYE DERI, head of the Shas Party, leads a faction meeting in the Knesset this week.

Home of French mayor ram-raided and torched by rioters

"People ram-raided my home before starting a fire to torch my house, where my wife and my two young children were sleeping," Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun said.

 Police officers detain demonstrators during protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, July 2, 2023.

Daniel Korski, rising Jewish star in UK Conservative Party, accused of groping woman

Controversy and accusations surround Jewish London mayoral candidate Daniel Korski as assault allegations surface.

The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017.

NYC Mayor Adams launches first-ever Jewish advisory council

The council will be comprised of 37 members including rabbis and community leaders of various denominations of Judaism, according to the mayor's announcement.

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the Jerusalem Post 2023 Annual Conference in New York, June 5, 2023

Or Akiva mayor Ya'akov Edri indicted for corruption, accepting bribes

In light of these charges, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara submitted a petition to the Knesset to have Edri suspended.

 Ya'akov Edri, mayor of Or Akiva, is pictured with Ehud Olmert in 2008.