Moshe Lion

Grapevine September 26, 2025: Netanyahu at the UNGA

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Ben-Gurion Airport, September 25, 2025.
President Isaac Herzog, pictured on August 5, 2025; illustrative.

Grapevine: Rose Garden refresh

Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem

Investing in Jerusalem in investing in Jewish future, Jerusalem mayor tells 'Post' conference

  Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, also attended by Argentine President Javier Milei (not pictured), in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.

'I will give the money, you will build the Temple,' Smotrich tells Jerusalem mayor


Grapevine: Not so fine

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The Jerusalem light rail is temporarily out of service, forcing commuters onto already crowded buses or scrambling for alternative ways to get around.

Pardes Heights: The ambitious Talpiot master plan gets into high gear

The Pardes Heights building is part of the city’s reimagining of the Talpiot neighborhood as a dynamic center of residential, commercial, and cultural spaces.

Architect Matti Rosenshine adds cement to the Pardes Heights foundation

Grapevine: Ahad Ha’am is back

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 Happy anniversary (illustrative).

Jerusalem Mayor Lion at Post Gala: 'Jerusalem is Israel’s next big thing'

Lion urges Gala attendees to, “Keep on loving Jerusalem, Keep on coming to visit Jerusalem.”

 Moshe Lion, Mayor of Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Municipality is paving the way for ‘olim’

Jerusalem is seen as part of the Jewish experience by the its municipality. “Aliyah to Jerusalem is the story of the Jewish people”.

 The Getter Group's Property Expert Luky Guigui with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon.

Soldiers at annual Herzog ceremony remain anonymous due to fears of int'l prosecution

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion has ordered that preparations be made for a postponed Independence Day ceremony during the day.

  Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks during an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 77th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 1, 2025.

Grapevine April 23, 2025: Early risers

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 HAIM COHEN (left) with Moshe Lion.

Blind, sighted athletes run side by side in Jerusalem Marathon

Running side by side, these blind and sighted athletes are connecting across all social boundaries.

 MEMBERS OF THE ‘Kesher Ayin’ running group pose with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion (right) at the Jerusalem Marathon earlier this month.

Grapevine: New at JCT

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A sketch for the upcoming Machon Tal campus

Grapevine: Place saved

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 Rabbi Yisroel Goldberg.

New welfare complex opens in east Jerusalem, expected to be city's largest

The opening of the complex is another step toward the establishment of the city's "Silicon Valley"—Kiryat Hi-tech plan, which is hoped will add thousands of jobs in the east of the city.

 The new "Mamuniya" welfare complex in east Jerusalem, opened August 4, 2024.