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


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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Muslims making their way to the mosque for Ramadan at the Lions’ Gate in the Old City

'Saving Jerusalem'

The controversial plan to separate the city’s Jews and Arabs – and some reactions.

Haim Ramon

Pride, not prejudice

Jerusalem hosts an array of all-embracing events.

Yiscah Smith in Mahaneh Yehuda

A different day for the capital

Spearheading alternative initiatives for this pivotal day in an effort to show ‘Jerusalem knows how to be tolerant.’

Michal Shilor

Hello, goodbye Jerusalem

Mayor Nir Barkat’s new focus of interest, one that goes far beyond this city, has become completely official.

Mayor Nir Barkat

Grapevine: A fast farewell

At very short notice the Foreign Ministry hosted a farewell luncheon for Croatian Ambassador Pjer Simunovic in the King David Hall of the Mount Zion Hotel in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

THE FOREIGN MINISTRY’S Aviv Shiran (left) with outgoing Croatian Ambassador Pjer Simunovic.

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Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs.

S.Y. Agnon

When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking: Jerusalem’s ‘alternative’ nightlife scene

Prominent figures in Jerusalem’s nightlife scene weigh in on the current state of the city.

Hamizkeka

Political infighting leaves oversight of Jerusalem’s only urban park in question

In the meantime, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel will continue to manage park.

Two gazelles rest at the newly opened Gazelle Valley Urban Wildlife Park

Grapevine: Many memorials

JERUSALEM MAYOR Nir Barkat, prior to running the 10 km. marathon with reservists from his paratroop unit last Friday.

Sixth annual Jerusalem Marathon