Safra Square

Grapevine: History-making women

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
WITH 11,000 employees, the Jerusalem Municipality is the capital’s beating heart.
Victorious: Moshe Lion celebrates his Feb. 27 mayoral win.

Grapevine: Sweet music

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The world's largest sukkah is seen in Jerusalem's Safra Square, home of the Jerusalem Municipality, for the Sukkot holiday.

Sukkot fun in Jerusalem: Family activities for the holiday

We all need a break: A sneak peek at some of the fabulous family activities happening in Jerusalem this Sukkot.

|ByRONIT ANSBACHER, JOANNA SHEBSON
Over 1,000 players of all different levels sat in a symbolic formation, a yellow ribbon to “bring them home,” as they played games of chess.

Over 1,000 chess players shatter Israeli record in simultaneous chess game in Jerusalem

1,004 chess players flood Safra Square to play their beloved game while calling for unity

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

This week in Jerusalem: A hope and a prayer

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

MARCH 4, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
WELCOME NEWS for Jerusalem’s cats – and dogs.

This week in Jerusalem: Tshuva has an answer

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
THE PIT’HAT Kidron Park in Wadi Joz.

This week in Jerusalem: Victory in Kiryat Yovel – for now

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
BIBLICAL ZOO: Facelift.

Are haredi, secular Israelis set to clash in Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel?

Sources at Safra Square say that this issue will probably become one of the most important issues in the upcoming elections campaign, if not the most important.

JANUARY 21, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
PROTESTING THE Lady Davis hand-over: Sign reads, ‘Amal school – war to save home.’

This week in Jerusalem: Park or parking?

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

JANUARY 20, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
SACHER PARK in snow, Jan. 2022; Gan Sipur cafe is in the background.

This week in Jerusalem: We are the scouts

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
ABU TOR; Silwan neighborhood in foreground.

Education in the Holy City: The status of schools in Jerusalem

This is part I in a new series on education in Jerusalem.

DECEMBER 3, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
CLASS IS in session for Arab students at the Beit Hanina neighborhood’s Noreen school.

This week in Jerusalem: No more stink

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

NOVEMBER 26, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
A SCENE FROM the 2018 strike by city workers that left garbage piles at the Mahaneh Yehuda market.

Changes in Jerusalem: What's new in local politics in Israel's capital?

11 months away from the Jerusalem city council and mayoral elections, Ofer Berkovitch’s departure – even if, as he emphasized, being only temporary – shakes things up.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
MAYOR MOSHE LION serving without a city council faction of his own is strange, to say the least. (Pictured: In Sept., visiting Jerusalem students on the first of day school).

This week in Jerusalem: Illegal parking out

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

OCTOBER 7, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
SAFRA SQUARE is rocked by a new scandal every few years.