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


This week in Jerusalem: Synagogues here, synagogues there

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 NETIV PLUS: Good news for drivers.

What is the future of Jerusalem traffic and transportation?

Diggers and builders all over Jerusalem: What's to come for city roads, buses and light rail routes?

 JERUSALEM, ROADS surround her. (Pictured: Model, French Hill project;  Moriah Jerusalem Development Company)

Are haredi, secular Israelis set to clash in Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel?

Sources at Safra Square say that this issue will probably become one of the most important issues in the upcoming elections campaign, if not the most important.

 PROTESTING THE Lady Davis hand-over: Sign reads, ‘Amal school – war to save home.’

Grapevine: Chelm in Jerusalem

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JERUSALEM’S HEBRON Road. Three more residential towers are slated to go up – two with 12 stories and one with 18 stories.

Grapevine: Top security

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Street sign for the road on which the prime minister's residence lies.

Grapevine: Smile power

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Illustrative photo of a smile.

Grapevine December 21, 2022: Blending with Bahrain

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 AMBASSADOR OF BAHRAIN Khaled Yusef Al Jalahma and his wife Nouf pose with US Ambassador Tom Nides

Kindergarteners in Jerusalem to study English from next school year

Full integration of English studies in all Jerusalem preschools could be completed in time for the next Israeli school year.

 Nursery school children of the Kohav Michael's moshav in Ashkelon Regional Council, are seen studing english on January 21, 2010

Bringing Jerusalem's East and West together through music

The concert brought over 600 people from all across the different neighborhoods in Jerusalem, filling the entire concert hall.

 Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at the concert

This week in Jerusalem: Orange is coming

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 RECYCLING: WHEREFORE the orange bins? (Illustrative)