Emek Refaim

Summer in the city: Jerusalem’s Theatron Hotel offers a relaxing stay in stressful times

Opposite the Jerusalem Theater stands the Theatron Hotel, a new hotel where guests can take the time out of their busy lives and unwind and de-stress.

THE THEATRON Hotel in the heart of one of Jerusalem’s most beautiful neighborhoods.
 Pisgat Ze'ev Center Mall and light rail station.

Grapevine: Hello, Americans

 DEDICATION PLAQUE outside the ‘mikve’ on Hamatzor Street in the Katamon neighborhood.

Jerusalem mikveh revamped, commemorates terror victim

 IN THE German Colony: The struggle is changing course.

Have Emek Refaim residents given up fighting the new light rail?


US ambassador moving into new Jerusalem residence

The new US ambassador's residence is off of Jerusalem’s Emek Refaim Street. Previous ambassadors lived in a large home in Herzliya.

 The new US Ambassador's residence on Emek Refaim

Jerusalem businesses reopening face eager clientele and uncertain future

Along Bethlehem Road, on Emek Refaim, at the First Station, in the city center and of course at Mahaneh Yehuda, Sunday morning was a glorious day for coffee shops and restaurants.

PACKED WITH patrons in Mahaneh Yehuda.

Jerusalem affairs: Peggy Cidor’s round-up

Mayor Moshe Lion himself gave the green light for the American Embassy compound earlier this week, following a meeting he had with representatives of the US State Department.

Moshe Lion, 2019.

Going abroad without leaving Jerusalem

Just walking into the lobby of the Isrotel Orient Jerusalem hotel on Emek Refaim Street, you feel your blood pressure come down.

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Jerusalem by rail: What’s the latest on the capital’s light rail lines?

Last week in a dramatic move, CityPass announced its decision to not only not submit to the tender for the Blue and the Green lines, but to completely quit the entire project and leave Jerusalem.

THE RED Line is undergoing two extensions – with one to Neve Yaakov and the other to Hadassa University Medical Center in Ein Kerem.

Passover interview with Jerusalem Mayor, Moshe Lion

What would happen if you’re invited to a bat mitzvah that takes place in the “egalitarian” area? First I’d say no, but then I would check the case. Progressive Jewry is not a problem in Jerusalem.

Moshe Lion, 2019.

The train to the east

A railway tale that rolls through 100 years of Jewish settlement and pioneering in the Jezreel Valley.

RESTORED CARRIAGES from 1904 at Elroi.

This week in Jerusalem

Events taking place in and around Jerusalem.

Haim Guri

Grapevine: A Lion’s share of the kitty

Meanwhile, aside from trying to cobble a coalition, Lion has the ongoing problem that he inherited from Barkat – namely, will there or will there not be light rail service on the city’s Emek Refaim?

RAJAN ZED

Celebrating Sixty Years of Womanhood, Sisterhood and Bras

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This week in Jerusalem: Life after Teva

A proposal was made that there should be an incentive to other firms in Jerusalem to absorb as many dismissed Teva employees as possible.

People protest outside a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries facility in Jerusalem on December 14