Jerusalem current events

Grapevine: Onward August

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Jewish worshippers and visitors gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem a day before the eve of Tisha B’Av, July 21, 2026.
A recent picture of Yad Kennedy.

Jerusalem highlights: July 31-August 6

 FOLK SINGER Sandy Cash brings the tunes on Wednesday.

Jerusalem highlights: Week of September 17-23

 Gil Shwed at The Global Investment Forum (June 2021)

Jerusalem Post Conferences


A brand new city, with no notice

A project to build a new city that would hold up to 100,000 residents on the southwestern edge of the capital is met with sharp criticism from the municipality.

Nir Barkat

Grapevine: Making the most of every day

Some of us have a quirk about looking for things Jewish in anything.

Men gesticulate on the banks of a lake in Uman in September 2010.

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs

Beit El settlement, West Bank July 29, 2015

State indicts Palestinian for arson attack on Jerusalem events center

Mohanid Kawasme, 27 of Hebron, was charged with arson, resisting arrest, entering Israel illegally, impersonating someone else and forging documents.

Gavel [Illustrative]

Arabs throw rocks at bus on way to memorial on Mount of Olives

Two Jewish youths arrested for allegedly attacking Arab worker in Jerusalem.

Pisgat Ze'ev

Getting a better deal for people with disabilities

President Rivlin awarded for his efforts to help those with disabilities.

Reuven Rivlin

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Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs

Nir Barkat

Two senior Shin Bet women complain their supervisor sexually harassed them

The alleged harassment started in 2013 and continued through this year.

Sexual harassment victim [Illustrative]

Above and under the mountain

Artwork on display at ‘Under the Mountain’ will offer a different perspective on the familiar and conventional narrative of the Temple Mount, and strive to construct an alternative mythology.

Jerusalem's Old City and the Temple Mount