Mea shearim

Fire in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood prompts mass emergency response

Firefighters rescued several Torah scrolls from the burning structure. The scrolls sustained significant damage in the fire.

Emergency units respond to a fire in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthorox Mea Shearim neighborhood on September 23, 2026.
Signs and other items inciting and supporting terrorism were confiscated in Jerusalem's haredi (ultra-Orthodox) neighborhood of Mea She’arim, according to the Israel Police, August 18, 2026.

Terrorism-supporting signs, inciting items confiscated from Mea She'arim warehouses

An alley off Agrippas St.

The little shop on Jaffa Street that captured old Jerusalem - opinion

Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Grapevine: Commemorating a Chabad giant


Right to protest

In democratic societies, protests are a natural outlet for citizens to express themselves, unleash frustration and reduce the pressure building up.

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters are sprayed with skunk water as they protest a draft bill in Jerusalem, November 28th, 2018

Hate messages against Ya'acov Litzman painted in Mea Shearim

Litzman, who heads the haredi United Torah Judaism party and has been diagnosed with coronavirus himself, has emerged as a polarizing figure in Israel’s battle against Covid-19.

UTJ leader Ya'aov Litzman attends the weekly cabinet meeting, January 2020.

Man arrested for breaching quarantine while positive for coronvirus

The police located the man in a house in Mea Shearim, a haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem, and informed him that he was violating Health Ministry guidelines.

Border Police go about coronavirus inspections in Mea Shearim, a haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem.

COVID-19 test manufacturer makes ultra-Orthodox employees work separately

Nova Tel, who manufactures the swabs necessary for performing tests to detect COVID-19, placed all of its ultra-Orthodox employees on temporary unpaid leave before protests prompted their rehiring.

A Jewish ultra-Orthodox man looks onto a local billboard with instructions related to the coronavirus at a street in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, March 27, 2020

16 years ago, 23 people were murdered just north of Mea Shearim

More than 130 were also wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a five-kilogram device on an Egged No. 2 bus. The terrorists and families have received almost NIS 2.7 million since then.

Border policemen and firefighters stand near a bus that was bombed in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem in April

Israel’s Duality

The Jerusalem Post

Police remove effigy in IDF uniform from building in Haredi neighborhood

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman commented on the incident on Twitter, calling it a "horrifying sight."

The effigy removed from the side of a building where it was hung in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim. (Police spokesperson)

Giving kids a leg up

Growing up isn’t easy and when the cards are stacked against you, it’s even harder.

E4S children hold hands with its founder and president, Dina Auron.

Police arrest two in Mea She’arim after last week’s riot against draft

“Arresting our people or people who were connected to our battle in the past will not deter us.”

Haredim take part in a protest in Mea She’arim against the municipality opening a nearby road on Shabbat.

Breaking artistic barriers

‘Thou Shalt Not’ – A provocative new exhibition at Jerusalem’s Museum on the Seam

The artist Andi Arnovitz’s interpretation of ‘Adam and Eve’