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Rachel Azaria eyes national stage for family-friendly reforms

Jerusalem deputy mayor’s run for Knesset is next step in promoting what she calls today’s Zionism: ‘making sure that living in Israel is possible’

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A bus cooperative for Sabbath riders

A group of Jerusalemites are putting the final touches on Shabus, an alternative for secular residents

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Jerusalem group launches ‘Shabus’ transport service

Private co-op aims to provide secular Israelis with bus routes on the Sabbath, challenging a 1947 prohibition

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Palestinians, Israelis run in alternative Jerusalem night race

Coexistence event comes a week before city’s official ‘Night Run,’ which falls on first day of Ramadan fast

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Jerusalem mayor embraces opponents in city hall coalition

Nir Barkat says former rival Moshe Lion to leave opposition, along with newly named deputy mayor

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With small victories, religious pluralism is finding its way back to Jerusalem

From providing study grants to non-Orthodox institutions to cafés open on Shabbat, kippah-wearing city councilor Hanan Rubin wants the capital to be a city for everyone

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Deri confidant remanded over alleged blackmail of Shas official

Police believe four men behind plot to oust Jerusalem council member who admitted to not observing Shabbat, 'wild' sexual behavior

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Why Jerusalem will go back on strike

Everything you ever want to know about that garbage that's going to pile up in the streets of the capital again

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Jerusalem mayor and ultra-Orthodox carve up capital

Barkat denies deal, which specifies the religious character of individual neighborhoods, is aimed at ensiring Haredi support when he runs for reelection; deputy mayor calls it 'unethical, illegal'

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Hitorerut party quits Jerusalem coalition, leaving mayor with Haredi majority

Departing Orthodox-secular party accuses Barkat of sacrificing the city's interests in his pursuit of a career on the national stage

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After purchase by US Embassy, Diplomat Hotel’s residents face uncertain checkout

What will become of 450 destitute elderly Russian immigrants residing in iconic Jerusalem hotel as lease runs down? Officials have no answer. MK who once lived there tries to help

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Mayoral hopeful Berkovitch says he’ll rid Jerusalem of ‘Haredi extortion’

Youngest candidate in the race and founder of the Hitorerut social movement vows to clean up city, advance coexistence initiatives

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While those who aspire to run it posture and pontificate, Jerusalem is sinking

East Jerusalem is the largest Arab city in Israel, yet Israeli leaders seem content to let it fester in neglect, ensuring that the insolvent capital continues to decline

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Palestinians debate value of boycotting Tuesday’s Jerusalem municipal elections

Some residents yearn for influence and better city services, while others fear participation would reinforce Israeli claims to city's eastern half

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Quarantined Jerusalem councilman attends municipal meeting, causes ruckus

City Council members abruptly end meeting after Yohanan Weitzman shows up, despite assurances he was cleared to attend by Health Ministry

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