Bridge of Strings

Although it will be at least seven more months until Jerusalem’s Bridge of Strings is used by the light rail, the majestic structure is already being…

A further step in Jerusalem’s public transportation revolution took place on Monday, with the inauguration of the first 10 buses of a total of 150…

IT’S WEDNESDAY EVENING, September 22, a few hours after sundown. Sukkot, the harvest festival, has just begun. The streets of Me’a She’arim,…

Following the police recommendation to indict the people involved in the Holyland scandal, including former prime minister Ehud Olmert and former…

The status and the tasks of the local planning and construction committee require some clarification. It is often confused with the district…

Esther Pollard and the Justice for Jonathan Pollard organization began a three day vigil at a plaza beneath the Chords Bridge at the entrance to…

Calvin Klein has picked architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava’s Bridge of Strings as the winner of the T+L Design Award for 2009 for Best…

Lights out for CalatravaThe lights have recently been shut off on the Bridge of Strings at the entrance of the city. After all the turmoil that…

Jerusalem’s light rail starts test runs this spring, with its sleek silver cars gliding across the city and promising to relieve the perpetual…

The revolting image of supposedly religious men supposedly protecting the sanctity of Shabbat by throwing their babies' soiled diapers at police…

Though a little more distant than traditional destinations, Argentina is the perfect "new" spot for travelers who wish to discover extreme and wild…

They were dubbed, with disgust, the "Taliban troupe" - teenage female dancers, forced by the haredi-run municipality to cover their hair during a…

Fiorello LaGuardia, the legendary New York City mayor between the Great Depression and World War II, seldom disappointed reporters for a quote. "It…

From Pisgat Ze'ev and Sanhedria to Emek Refa'im and Har Nof, voters in Jerusalem - and scores of other municipalities - go to the polls today to…

Many Jerusalem residents, especially those who live in the city center, have become increasingly disillusioned by the way the municipality has…

The problems facing Jerusalem youth are familiar and ubiquitous: skyrocketing rent and a scarcity of apartments, few job prospects, transportation…

Some twenty disabled people in wheelchairs accompanied by vehicles blocked the road into Jerusalem Monday night, underneath the city's Bridge of…

In recent weeks, Jerusalem opposition leader and mayoral candidate Nir Barkat has appeared in various TV ads as a strong opponent of dividing…

Wake up, you peopleSir, - What a miserable lot Jerusalemites are! The new Bridge of Strings is a stunning piece of modern architecture. Of course the…

In a city dotted with architecture from the likes of King Herod and Suleiman the Great, a striking new landmark was inaugurated Wednesday in…