Moshe Lion

How Jerusalem’s mayor is reshaping one of the world’s most complicated cities

Holy to the world’s three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, managing the daily life of such a deeply symbolic city is no simple task.

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion
Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern

Former Jerusalem chief rabbi Aryeh Stern dies at 81

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials stand at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

Netanyahu, officials lay wreaths after siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Grapevine: SOS from Jerusalem


Grapevine July 21, 2024: More than a yellow ribbon

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Businessman Eli Elezra, Dr. Pinchas  Haliva, and Dr. Shimon Ohayon.

Current antisemitism surge reminiscent of 1930s Germany, says Jerusalem mayor

Moshe Lion addressed the gala evening ahead of the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference

Moshe Lion speaks at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference 2024 gala evening.

Purim 2024: What's happening in Jerusalem?

With tons of Purim shows, activities, and events going on all over Jerusalem, this really is a time to bond and rejoice.

 The lion, symbol of Jerusalem is in the Adloyada spotlight for Purim.

What the key players think of Jerusalem's municipal elections

The post of mayor and 30 city council seats were at stake in determining Jerusalem’s future.

 Victorious: Moshe Lion celebrates his Feb. 27 mayoral win.

Secular unease at municipal elections results in Jerusalem, fear of change in city governance

A Tale of Two Jerusalems: Secular Unease Rising as ultra-Orthodox parties win over half the seats in Jerusalem’s City Council, indicating a potential change in the city’s governance.

 A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail  in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?

Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

De-meow-crat-ya: Taking my cat to vote in municipal elections - comment

I decided to take my cat Medici – full name: HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich, a staunch supporter of Shas – to vote in the Jerusalem municipal elections.

 The writer, Aaron Reich, is seen with their cat, Medici (full name HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich) waiting to vote in Jerusalem for the municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Lion victorious in Jerusalem in landslide victory; Huldai wins in Tel Aviv

With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.

 Moshe Lion in a speech on February 27, 2024.

Who are the haredi Jews running in Jerusalem's municipal election?

In the haredi sector, there four lists competing against each other for seats on the Jerusalem city council.

 Eliezer Rauchberger, deputy mayor and head of the powerful Local Planning and Construction Committee.

Jerusalem is a city of lights. This man keeps those lights running

Jerusalemite of the Week: The head of public lighting and power infrastructure for the Jerusalem Municipality, Michael Lidsky is tasked with lighting up the biggest city in Israel.

 Michael Lidsky, the chief electrical engineer of the Jerusalem Municipality.