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.

|ByRONNIE REMENY
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

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
DEDICATION PLAQUE outside the ‘mikve’ on Hamatzor Street in the Katamon neighborhood.

Jerusalem mikveh revamped, commemorates terror victim

Revamped Katamon ‘mikveh’ bears the name of Naava Applebaum, who used it shortly before her death in a terror attack in 2003.

|ByBENJY SINGER
IN THE German Colony: The struggle is changing course.

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

The feeling is that the opportunity to avert the decree has passed, although there remains a hard nucleus of opponents who are not ready to give up.

|ByPEGGY CIDOR

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.

DECEMBER 28, 2017ByPEGGY CIDOR
People protest outside a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries facility in Jerusalem on December 14

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2017ByPEGGY CIDOR
Though the light rail’s Blue Line has been approved, the fate of its 1.1-kilometer segment on Emek Refaim Street (pictured) is undecided

Jerusalem Pool closed YMCA Pool opens

DECEMBER 3, 2017ByELIAS MESSINAS
The Jerusalem Post

The saga of the Blue Line

The Blue Line’s Emek Refaim path was opposed by local residents and businesses owners.

OCTOBER 26, 2017ByPEGGY CIDOR
An alternate proposal for a tunnel would save both Mesila Park and Emek Refaim Street from the damage created by the work to build the Blue Line.

Grapevine: Balfour at Weizmann

A great deal of money from various members of the Sieff family went into promoting the Zionist cause and helping the development of Israel before and after statehood.

OCTOBER 11, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
From left: Gen. Edmund Allenby, commander of Britian’s Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Balfour; and Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner of Palestine (and a Jew)

Shaw's Jerusalem: A fun and unique take on a travel book

Shaw’s newest item is a book called 'My Jerusalem'; it’s a travel book that also functions as a sort of coloring book for adults.

OCTOBER 11, 2017ByARIEL DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN
Barbara Shaw and her new travel book, ‘My Jerusalem,’ also functions as a sort of coloring book for adults.

Center Field: Stop Mayor Barkat’s ‘train of pain’ on Emek Refaim Street

Do only bullies win in the City of Peace and in Israeli politics?

OCTOBER 3, 2017ByGIL TROY
The Jerusalem light rail

Happy art deserves a happy home

Under the slogan “Happy art deserves a happy home,” the Friendship Circle’s art auction will be happy to welcome friends both old and new into its ever-widening sphere.

OCTOBER 1, 2017ByRUTH BELOFF
‘Mirror to the World.’ Photographer/artist: Eli, age 11; Photographer mentor: Max Richardson; Artist mentor: Chaya Vance.

Grapevine: Villa Brown arrives

Pop music was blaring loudly, even though the street is on the edge of an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Meir Adoni