Moshe Lion

Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija presented with award during Jerusalem real estate fair in NYC

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion praised Avdija for representing the State of Israel as a public figure in the US and for bringing pride to Jews and Israelis worldwide. 

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion presents NBA star Deni Avdija with the "Jerusalem Ambassador in the Diaspora" award in New York City on May 28, 2026.
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion

How Jerusalem’s mayor is reshaping one of the world’s most complicated cities

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Aryeh Stern

Former Jerusalem chief rabbi Aryeh Stern dies at 81

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials stand at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

Netanyahu, officials lay wreaths after siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day


Grapevine: August 11, 2023: Moving the masses

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FORMER PRESIDENT Shimon Peres presents Elie Wiesel with the Medal of Distinction.

Should Jerusalem Municipality-backed institutions hold election events?

These days, when the title of legal adviser raises the threshold of excitement from all sides of the political map, things are a little more sensitive. 

 ELI MALKA: Surprising legal opinion.

Jerusalem municipal elections are approaching: Who's running?

Lion would like a secular, left-leaning woman for the slot to attract a secular audience to vote for his list. But so far, no one has been selected.

 LAURA WHARTON at Safra Square.

Jerusalem hi-tech center inauguration complicated by politics, protests

EasTech is a hi-tech complex on Saleh a-Din Street that will host hi-tech companies for free in exchange for hiring programmers from east Jerusalem. Israeli politicians' arrivals complicated things.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION: Unpleasant results this week.

This week in Jerusalem: The lady is a winner

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 CHOOSING THE Hills: Hiking the Sataf in the Jerusalem Hills.

Grapevine: Much that is positive

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

How are Jerusalem's politicians getting ready for municipal elections?

There have been some posters, some exposure on the media networks, and occasionally a few private salon get-togethers – but the big “action” has not happened yet. 

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.

Jerusalem parties feud over haredi schools in secular neighborhoods

What is on the agenda now is feeling among some of the city’s residents that the ultra-Orthodox representatives are establishing facts on the ground and preparing to deepen their influence.

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY dorm in Kiryat Yovel, with anti-haredi graffiti, 2009 – even then, tensions were rising as the neighborhood was becoming increasingly Orthodox.

Jerusalem city councilors start their 2023 election campaigns

Jerusalem city councilors Laura Wharton and Yossi Havilio failed to unite their lists and run together, but their platforms are largely similar.

 YOSSI HAVILIO, deputy mayor and city councilor in the coalition’s non-haredi wing.

This week in Jerusalem: Helpless

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 TALPIOT: PARKING ticket hub of Jerusalem (Illustrative).