Moshe Lion

Israeli health-tech conference opens in Jerusalem with 1,800 participants from 40 countries

MIXiii Health-Tech.IL 2026 brought together investors, doctors, researchers, startups and global health-tech leaders, with a focus on Israeli emergency medicine, tech-bio, and technologies.

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, IATI CEO and President Karin Mayer Rubinstein and Teva executive Mark Sabag attend the opening of MIXiii Health-Tech.IL 2026 in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem's Orient Hotel

Grapevine: Cultural, social, diplomatic – oh my!

Track and field athletes ahead of the Jerusalem Grand Slam.

Jerusalem Grand Slam 2026 to welcome athletes from 29 countries

Mayor Moshe Lion and other partners excitedly cutting ribbon at ceremony. At the new space, coffee conversations can lead to groundbreaking results.

Moving FourWard: Inside Jerusalem's ambitious bid to reinvent medical innovation


Secular unease at municipal elections results in Jerusalem, fear of change in city governance

A Tale of Two Jerusalems: Secular Unease Rising as ultra-Orthodox parties win over half the seats in Jerusalem’s City Council, indicating a potential change in the city’s governance.

 A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail  in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?

Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

De-meow-crat-ya: Taking my cat to vote in municipal elections - comment

I decided to take my cat Medici – full name: HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich, a staunch supporter of Shas – to vote in the Jerusalem municipal elections.

 The writer, Aaron Reich, is seen with their cat, Medici (full name HaRav Medici di Cuddlebutt Reich) waiting to vote in Jerusalem for the municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Lion victorious in Jerusalem in landslide victory; Huldai wins in Tel Aviv

With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.

 Moshe Lion in a speech on February 27, 2024.

Who are the haredi Jews running in Jerusalem's municipal election?

In the haredi sector, there four lists competing against each other for seats on the Jerusalem city council.

 Eliezer Rauchberger, deputy mayor and head of the powerful Local Planning and Construction Committee.

Jerusalem is a city of lights. This man keeps those lights running

Jerusalemite of the Week: The head of public lighting and power infrastructure for the Jerusalem Municipality, Michael Lidsky is tasked with lighting up the biggest city in Israel.

 Michael Lidsky, the chief electrical engineer of the Jerusalem Municipality.

How Mayor Moshe Lion is transforming Jerusalem and preserving stability

Beyond fostering unity, Mayor Moshe Lion has transformed Jerusalem into a bustling construction zone – however, one that is meticulously organized.

 Candid conversation with Mayor Moshe Lion: ‘Jerusalem Post’ Deputy CEO of Strategy and Innovation Maayan Hoffman (L) and ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne, this past week.

This week in Jerusalem: Money for the city

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 CITY CENTER coffee shops: Break out the tables and chairs.

Grapevine: Mazal Tov: 60 years

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rescue EMTs and other volunteer emergency workers participate in an October 7th simulation in Israel's north.

Grapevine: In residence?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A view of the house of the Israeli Prime Minister in Jerusalem. June 07, 2002.