Mea shearim

Terrorism-supporting signs, inciting items confiscated from Mea She'arim warehouses

Such operations are not uncommon in Israel, with security forces confiscating inciting materials at the UAWC's Ramallah and Hebron offices in December.

Signs and other items inciting and supporting terrorism were confiscated in Jerusalem's haredi (ultra-Orthodox) neighborhood of Mea She’arim, according to the Israel Police, August 18, 2026.
An alley off Agrippas St.

The little shop on Jaffa Street that captured old Jerusalem - opinion

Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Grapevine: Commemorating a Chabad giant

Huvy Elisha.

The legacy of Huvy Elisha: The quiet life of a Mea She’arim painter and matriarch


Haredi man sprays swastikas on MDA ambulances in Mea Shearim neighborhood

The man was arrested by Israel Police during a Rosh Hodesh parade held by haredi extremists and was taken for questioning.

 Haredi man sprayed swastikas on MDA ambulances in Jerusalem

A night in the hospital under the influence - opinion

Parting Short | I rubbed two drops into my gums as Benny did and settled in for a serene night of sleep. Whatever the expected effect, the oil had the opposite.

A hospital bed.

The ex-haredi journalist who spent a year researching Mea She'arim

'We have to look at each other and be able to recognize that we’re ein mishpocha, we’re one family,' Tenenbom says.

 Tuvia Tenenbom speaks to Steve Linde at the Begin Center on April 17.

Brooklyn Bake Shop, Jerusalem purveyor of US Jewry desserts, shuts down

Jerusalem’s iconic bakery closes down after being in business for nearly 30 years. It was famous for supplying traditional desserts of US Jewry.

 A line of customers are seen outside the Brooklyn Bake Shop in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim in one of its last days in business, on March 30, 2023.

The Malevolent Bride: Ultra-Orthodox women, girls possessed by demonic spirit

The Malevolent Bride is a thriller that tells the story of women and girls in the ultra-Orthodox community who seem to be possessed by a demonic spirit.

 TOM AVNI and Lioz Levi in ‘The Malevolent Bride.’

Jerusalem grocery bans women at certain times of the day - report

While some forms of gender segregation are legal, most forms of segregation resulting in discrimination in public services are banned.

 People walk in Mea Shearim neighborhood on November 22, 2022 in Jerusalem

Writer goes undercover in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim haredi community

Tuvia Tenenbom has gone into communities before for his books, like Catch the Jew!, The Lies they Tell and The Taming of the Jews. But this time he went as himself, not Toby the journalist.

 IN STREIMEL: Having grown up in Bnei Brak, Tenonbom speaks haredi Yiddish fluently.

Mea She'arim and Muslim Quarter: A tale of two neighborhoods

Riots and violent attacks on passersby in both Mea She’arim and the Muslim Quarter (more precisely, around Damascus Gate) are prompting the police to take action.

POLICE RAID Mea She’arim, April 20

Mea Shearim rabbis convene to combat violence against cleaning workers

The rabbis convened after the Histradrut, Israel's workers union, stopped providing cleaning services for the area following cases of violence.

Mea Shearim, Jerusalem during coronavirus pandemic

17-year-old indicted for participating in attempted lynch mob in J'lem

The defendant and the rioters climbed onto Hamed's vehicle, while in the background the rioters shouted "Arab Arab," and "We will kill him".

Ibrahim Hamed, the driver who was accused of running over a man in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem is seen outside the traffic police headquarter after he was discharged of all charges on March 2, 2021, in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90