Jerusalem current events

Jerusalem highlights: September 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Kosher nibbles – Latin-Mediterranean style (see Friday).
‘The Last Moon’ (see Saturday).

Jerusalem highlights: August 21-27

Jewish worshippers and visitors gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem a day before the eve of Tisha B’Av, July 21, 2026.

Grapevine: Onward August

A recent picture of Yad Kennedy.

Jerusalem highlights: July 31-August 6


Take part in art

Families can attend all kinds of activities including workshops, master classes, video art screenings and a large-scale exhibition of new works.

The annual Tel Aviv Fresh Paint fair

Getting together in Jerusalem

Delving into Holy City customs and traditions around the penitential poems and prayers.

Hurva Synagogue in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter

A brand new city, with no notice

A project to build a new city that would hold up to 100,000 residents on the southwestern edge of the capital is met with sharp criticism from the municipality.

Nir Barkat

Grapevine: Making the most of every day

Some of us have a quirk about looking for things Jewish in anything.

Men gesticulate on the banks of a lake in Uman in September 2010.

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs

Beit El settlement, West Bank July 29, 2015

State indicts Palestinian for arson attack on Jerusalem events center

Mohanid Kawasme, 27 of Hebron, was charged with arson, resisting arrest, entering Israel illegally, impersonating someone else and forging documents.

Gavel [Illustrative]

Arabs throw rocks at bus on way to memorial on Mount of Olives

Two Jewish youths arrested for allegedly attacking Arab worker in Jerusalem.

Pisgat Ze'ev

Getting a better deal for people with disabilities

President Rivlin awarded for his efforts to help those with disabilities.

Reuven Rivlin

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Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs

Nir Barkat

Two senior Shin Bet women complain their supervisor sexually harassed them

The alleged harassment started in 2013 and continued through this year.

Sexual harassment victim [Illustrative]