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’
View ArticleA bus cooperative for Sabbath riders
A group of Jerusalemites are putting the final touches on Shabus, an alternative for secular residents
View ArticleJerusalem group launches ‘Shabus’ transport service
Private co-op aims to provide secular Israelis with bus routes on the Sabbath, challenging a 1947 prohibition
View ArticlePalestinians, 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
View ArticleJerusalem mayor embraces opponents in city hall coalition
Nir Barkat says former rival Moshe Lion to leave opposition, along with newly named deputy mayor
View ArticleWith 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
View ArticleDeri 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
View ArticleWhy 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
View ArticleJerusalem 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'
View ArticleHitorerut 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
View ArticleAfter 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
View ArticleMayoral 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
View ArticleWhile 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
View ArticlePalestinians 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
View ArticleQuarantined 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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