Capital may skirt rules for PM’s father
Committee set to name interchange after Benzion Netanyahu, though streets and roads require three-year wait
View ArticleReligious Zionist schools adopt stricter modesty rules
Regulations set a more stringent dress code for six-year-old girls in some state-run schools
View ArticleWant to get something done in Jerusalem? Ask a 9-month pregnant mother of three
I never intended to go into politics, says Rachel Azaria, arguably the city’s most energetic council member. Then she launches into a list of causes that could keep her busy for decades
View ArticleJerusalem mayor says the city’s in the fast lane
Nir Barkat reports on his efforts to boost housing, predicts a million residents within 20 years, and says Hollywood and a Formula 1 race are on their way
View ArticleAn (almost) all-female faction roars for change in Jerusalem
With an eclectic list of ‘lionesses,’ Ometz Lev says it aims to ‘advance the city’s agenda’ — not a feminist one
View ArticleTalking politics — in English
Seeking council: Four cities in Israel have Anglo candidates on the ballot for city elections this month
View ArticleAzaria tells fellow council members to go jump in a mikvah
Campaigning Jerusalem politician wants women to run the capital’s ritual baths
View ArticleAs Jerusalem votes for mayor, a referendum on Barkat
Haredi backing and political connections notwithstanding, unproven outsider Moshe Lion can only become mayor if non-ultra Orthodox Jerusalemites are profoundly unhappy with the incumbent
View ArticleMoshe Lion a little lost on his new home turf
His ostensible partnership with Shas’s Aryeh Deri is the ‘kiss of death’ for some voters at the Old Katamon polling station where the Likud-Beytenu underdog cast his ballot
View ArticleJerusalem mayor faces a council as fragmented as his city
Nir Barkat may have won a second term in office, but his party holds only four seats out of 31 at City Hall
View ArticleMoshe Lion sworn in as Jerusalem city council member
Accountant from Givatayim, who lost mayoral race to incumbent Barkat, defies skeptics who expected him to be a no-show
View ArticleEhud the scoundrel, Arik the hero
For many Israelis, Olmert’s corruption is secondary to his larger crime — representing the empty politics of the age
View ArticleJerusalem mayor fires right-wing councilman
Nir Barkat removes Aryeh King after he filed a court petition against the city’s plan to build new Arab homes
View ArticleRachel 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
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