Jerusalem

Sa'ar, Herzog meet officials from DRC in tie strengthening visit to Israel

President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomed Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar sits with Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during a visit to Israel on September 1, 2026.
 Over 300 lone soldiers join the IDF through Garin Tzabar Scouts program.

From midrasha to the IDF: A journey toward serving Israel - opinion

Schmidt-Schule, Catholic German school for Palestinian girls, in East Jerusalem, next to Damascus Gate, June 16, 2015.

Schools in east Jerusalem strike after Israel fails to renew entry permits for teaching staff

An Israeli police officer runs to rescue an injured Jewish man after his car swerved off road near Jerusalem's Old City after it was pelted by rocks on May 10, 2021

Terrorist mob members ordered to pay more than NIS 220,000 to Jewish victims by Jerusalem court


Jerusalem Municipality disputes UNRWA claim of Shuafat facility takeover

'The municipality intends to open educational institutions at the site for the benefit of residents of the surrounding neighborhoods.'

General view of Safra square, the Jerusalem municipality building, in Jerusalem, February 21, 2024.

Firefighters extinguish bus fire on Highway 1 between Jerusalem, Ma’aleh Adumim

In a separate incident, six people were injured in a car accident between three vehicles on Highway 92 near the Sea of Galilee.

Screenshot from video of bus fire on Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, August 17, 2026.

Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing

If your idea of poetry is a neatly rhyming ditty, attending the festival should thoroughly disabuse you of that constricted notion and open up broad new vistas for your literary epiphany enjoyment.

Late poet Amir Gilboa’s rich oeuvre is celebrated at the festival.

HaMiffal cultural center marks ten years and counting of community-oriented creation

“We understand we can show Jerusalem in a different light,” says artistic director and co-director Doron Gallia-Kind. “Not the one shown in newspapers and on the news."

The HaMiffal yard offers a charming ambiance with a slew of intriguing artworks.

Jerusalemite of the Week: Candice Nemoff showcases her artistic soul - interview

"My mom taught me how to do my own nails when I was young... I never really looked into classes until my husband encouraged me."

Cats are famously well-groomed, and Tziporanayim is just the place.

Next Year in Jerusalem. This year in Manhattan – opinion

New York’s 12th Congressional District is one of the most Jewish districts in America. Who and what it votes for in the next election cycle will unequivocally determine if hatred and racism have won

New York’s skyline in 2025.

Senior US Rabbi moves to Israel, chooses home in Jerusalem’s Givat Hamatos

Rabbi Kalman Topp, former head of Beverly Hills' Beth Jacob, joins a growing wave of US Olim establishing a new Anglo-Zionist enclave in the capital's emerging neighborhood.

Aderet project in Jerusalem by Ram Aderet Group and Saleet in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood.

Amotz Asa-El’s 'The Jewish Mach of Folly’ warns of an Israeli civil war’s approach - interview

From the civil wars of biblical Israel to the divisions that preceded Oct. 7, Amotz Asa-El’s bestseller presents a warning the Jewish people have repeatedly failed to heed.

AMOTZ ASA-EL. The contemporary parallels in his book’s English edition are impossible to miss.

Grapevine: More towers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

View of the Jerusalem Light Train at the Mount Herzl train station, near where Epstein Tower will be built, August 18, 2024

‘My form of Zionism’: Jerusalem nonprofit helps new olim build businesses in Israel

MATI Jerusalem gives new immigrants the guidance, tools, and confidence they need to launch successful businesses and keep them growing.

Eli Bentata​, chair of the MATI Jerusalem Board, opens the organization’s new office in Jerusalem.