Mahaneh Yehuda

Grapevine: Hidden Hanukkah ‘gelt’

The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine has announced the establishment of the Robert I. Schattner Center for Oral Health for People with Disabilities.

DECEMBER 20, 2025|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

From L: HU Rector Prof. Oron Shagrir, Assaf Granit, and Naama Kaufman Pass.

Survival tips for grocery shopping in Israel

Olim provide practical guidance for how to make shopping in Israel feel less overwhelming and more manageable.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

A quiet Jerusalem courtyard where the rhythms of 19th-century life still echo amid cafés and modern living.

Echoes of old Jerusalem: How 19th-century neighborhoods disappeared but never faded

This week, we are taking a look at ones whose names you may recognize but that have long ceased being used as neighborhoods – particularly the market area around Nahlaot.

JULY 26, 2025|ByALEX WINSTON

CROWDS COME OUT to celebrate Mahaneh Yehuda’s 100th birthday.

Jerusalem Highlights: May 2-8

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 2, 2025|ByHAGAY HACOHEN

What do Jerusalemites think about Israel's judicial reform, protests?

In Jerusalem asked around the city to see what Israelis think about judicial reform and the massive protests.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByAARON REICH

ISRAELIS MAKE their feelings known in Jerusalem this past Monday.

Jerusalem judicial reform protests: What does the average Israeli think?

To find out, The Jerusalem Post asked around and went to the Mahane Yehuda market to see what people thought of judicial reform and the massive protests.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023ByAARON REICH

A huge crowd of people are seen flooding the Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem as they head as protesters head to demonstrate against Israel's judicial reform, on February 13, 2023.

How do Jerusalem's market-goers feel about the Deri decision?

People up and down Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market have their say on the High Court decision regarding Shas leader Arye Deri.

JANUARY 19, 2023BySAMUEL HALPERN

People shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in central Jerusalem on September 25, 2022, on the eve of the Jewish new year.

'Nobody cares about LGBTQ+ people' - Smotrich in surfaced recordings

In the conversation, Smotrich said that his position against the LGBTQ+ community does not hurt him politically because his voters don't care.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses a meeting of his Knesset faction on Monday.

This week in Jerusalem: Sic transit gloria mundi

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

DECEMBER 23, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR

SERVING UP homestyle food in the shuk’s famous Azura eatery.

Hanukkah, Christmas in Jerusalem: Fun family activities for the holidays

This year, Hanukkah and Christmas overlap, so we are looking forward to welcoming visitors of all faiths to celebrate the two holidays.

DECEMBER 17, 2022ByRONIT ANSBACHER, JOANNA SHEBSON

Jerusalem culinary legend, Mahane Yehuda veteran Ezra Scherpler dead at 86

Scherpler's kitchen mainly served dishes derived from the Kurdish, Iraqi and Turkish cuisines cooked on traditional kerosene stoves.

DECEMBER 15, 2022ByYANIV GRANOT/WALLA!

Ezra Scherpler serves food in a restaurant called Azura at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on December 21, 2006

Hanukkah: What are the best donuts (sufganiyot) in Jerusalem? - review

Before Hanukkah, it is up to me to undertake the mission of sampling the wide variety of sufganiyot in Jerusalem to determine which is the best. Yes, journalism is a heavy burden, indeed.

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByAARON REICH