Jerusalem

Petition complicates Patriarchate lands dispute in Jerusalem

Sources involved in the story argue that an appeal by some of the apartment and property owners to the High Court of Justice a month ago only makes a solution more distant.

General view of the Russian Orthodox church in the Ein Karem neighbourhood of Jerusalem, October 30, 2020
The huge uncovered dam.

Buried beneath Jerusalem: a massive First Temple dam and the ancient climate crisis that sparked it

'There is a Holocaust in Gaza' is seen sprayed on the wall of the Great Synagogue in central Jerusalem, on August 11, 2025

Jerusalem man arrested for painting 'There is a Holocaust in Gaza' graffiti in the Holy Sepulchre

  Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, also attended by Argentine President Javier Milei (not pictured), in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.

'I will give the money, you will build the Temple,' Smotrich tells Jerusalem mayor


An unflinching look at a nation in verse

The Metula Poetry Festival will be held in Jerusalem next week.

EHUD BANAI will reflect on his work ‘The Book of Green Onions.’

Firefighters gain control over wildfire near Jerusalem, forces still deployed to contain the blaze

The fire also reportedly damaged the power line entering Jerusalem, with malfunctions at several traffic lights in the capital.

View of a forest fire near Mevaseret Zion, outside Jerusalem on August 24, 2025.

'The true Jerusalem is in Scotland': The African king claiming to be the Jewish Messiah

Kofi Opaha claimed he is a descendant of King David, founding the “Kingdom of Kubala” in the forests of Scotland and brought into his circle a young woman who had been reported missing in Texas.

 Neidpath Castle in Peebles, Scotland overlooking the River Tweed and Autumn wood.

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.

From Brooklyn to Jerusalem: Dr. Yehuda Resiman's back and forth journey

Now he’s truly home. And although he is unhappy with Israel’s current political leadership, he’s not leaving again. 

YEHUDA REISMAN with a mother and child in Haiti, one year after the earthquake.

New documentary celebrates Yehoram Gaon's life at Docu.Text Festival

Yehoram Gaon, often seen as Israel's national singer, saw his life and accomplishments celebrated during an emotional screening of a new documentary which premiered at the National Library of Israel.

YEHORAM GAON in a screenshot from the film ‘Tonight.’

The Bukharan Quarter: A long way from the Silk Road

Neighborhood Corner: How a community of Central Asian Jews created one of Jerusalem’s most distinctive neighborhoods.

The Bukharan Market remains a vibrant and bustling place for locals to shop.

Mamilla: When a mall is also a sculpture gallery

'Mamilla is the largest platform for exhibiting sculptures in the country. No other outdoor mall has an ongoing exhibition like this, and no other place has such a variety of Israeli art.'

Large cutouts of knights seen lining the Mamilla Mall in Jerusalem ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 11, 2025

At 60, the Israel Museum offers a new take on its accumulated treasures

Reuven Rubin’s evocative 1923 oil painting 'First Fruits' conveys something of a utopian futuristic human and bucolic scene, with Jews and Arabs enjoying a harmonious coexistence in Eretz Yisrael.

The Transparent Conservation Lab offers the public a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the work of the art conservator

Grapevine: Not so fine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The Jerusalem light rail is temporarily out of service, forcing commuters onto already crowded buses or scrambling for alternative ways to get around.

Expansion and acquisitions: Carrefour opens four new branches within a month

Carrefour is opening four new branches in Afula, Netivot, Jerusalem, and Ofakim. Three of them will replace branches of the Shefa Birkat Hashem chain.

The new Carrefour branch in Yavne