Metro jerusalem

Metro to serve Jerusalem population of 1.8m by 2050

Jerusalem in 2050: metro plans and urban growth to serve 5 million residents.

 Passengers at Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem on March 31, 2022
 Passengers at Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem on March 31, 2022

Transport Ministry wants to build a Jerusalem metro - does it really need one?

Wrapping gifts for holiday meal packages

Serving holiday food to the lonely elderly...

A view of Kafr Akab, one of the neighborhoods behind the security barrier that would be affected by Elkin's plan. (Udi Shaham)

Knesset to vote on bill to allow separating neighborhoods from Jerusalem


Grapevine: My MK

Ayelet Shaked not only changed her status from MK to that of MK and justice minister, but she also changed her address.

Ayelet Shaked holds introductory press conference at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem

Rhythmic gymnastics on the rise

Few, if any athletes, work harder than rhythmic gymnasts.

Israel’s national rhythmic gymnastics team fashions a star of David

Swing & shoot

A collection of black-and-white jazz prints will enliven Jaffa’s Beit Mandel

Kioshy Kitagawa

Always expect the unexpected

Why should children expect to play on their computer rather than take regular exercise?

Sand cat – a cousin of Rotem of the Ramat Gan Safari

Tel Aviv Port welcomes public to 7,000-square-foot succa

NORTH, SOUTH, CENTER

Fisherman at Tel Aviv Port

Dmitry Kroyter is Aiming high

Promising high jumper Dmitry Kroyter will reach for the stars at Friday’s world championships and next summer’s Rio Olympics.

High jumper Dmitry Kroyter

It’s a boy!

Israel is mega-advanced in matters medical; it’s always amazing.

Baby boy

A streetcar named...

As the dig begins, ‘Metro’ presents Part II in the continuing saga of construction of the Tel Aviv light rail.

Work on the Tel Aviv light rail.

Ein Gedi’s mystery revealed

45 years after its discovery, computer scientists read the oldest Bible text after the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The first eight lines of Leviticus virtually unrolled from a burnt Torah scroll, placed alongside the same text for comparison’s sake.

Putting the ‘snail’ in snail mail

The Israel Postal Company admittedly can’t keep up with the digital revolution, causing delivery delays, long waits and a disgruntled public that still believes mailboxes aren’t dead. But as it under

A typical Israeli post office.