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'The most beautiful sight': Pilgrims reach Jerusalem's Old City after five-day journey from Jaffa

Pilgrims from Europe and Asia walked five days from Jaffa Port to Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate along the ‘Way to Jerusalem,’ a Tourism Ministry-backed bid to revive historic walking paths.

Pilgrims from nine European and Asian countries on their trek from Jaffa Port to Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.
FAIRY LIGHTS IN GOD’S BACKYARD:  A JERUSALEM LOVE STORY By Sarah Tuttle Singer.

Sneak preview: Excerpt from ‘Fairy Lights in God’s Backyard: A Jerusalem Love Story'

CITY OF CONTRASTS: Sarah Tuttle-Singer walks the Old City streets next to an Arab Muslim woman.

New book 'Fairy Lights in God’s Backyard' is messy, beautiful, and full of light - review

There’s plenty to discern and enjoy in the God of the Small Details tours in the Old City.

Jerusalem’s Old City reveals its hidden beauty on Open Houses tours


Police indict Israeli citizen for plotting terror attack in Jerusalem, pledging allegiance to ISIS

The 18-year-old is suspected of serious offenses against national security, membership in a terrorist organization, and preparing to commit a terrorist act.

(Illustrative) Israeli border police officers stand guard at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on April 6, 2026.

Yitzhar man indicted for spitting toward Jerusalem church door

As he passed the church, the indictment alleges, he spat toward its door out of hatred for Christians and Arabs.

Illustration image of handcuffs on the hands of an arrested man, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.

Herzog calls elderly Arab man attacked at Damascus gate, expresses sympathy, support

Herzog told Ahmed al-Husseini, 66, that he was "truly saddened to see what happened to you, and I think the entire people of Israel was deeply pained to see this incident."

President Isaac Herzog visits the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division headquarters near the settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, September 30, 2026; Illustrative.

Over 1,000 Jews ascend Temple Mount on first day of hol hamoed Sukkot, NGO says

Visitors to the Temple Mount are limited to 90-100 people per group, Beyadenu explained in a separate post. Among them was MK Yitzhak Kreuzer (Otzma Yehudit), who visited the site with his family.

Jewish men covered in prayer shawls hold the Four Species, palm, citron, myrtle and willow as they take part in Shacharit morning prayers during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at the entrance to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 27, 2026.

Veranda: Excellent mehadrin food at the David Citadel hotel - restaurant review

I always get good service, as the restaurant knows I am writing for The Jerusalem Post. But I saw that every table received excellent service.

A dish served at the Veranda restaurant at the David Citadel in Jerusalem.

Grapevine: Lost on the har

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Har Hamenuchot, Jerusalem.

Massive newly-unearthed complex may shed light on how Jewish pilgrims prepared to enter the Temple

The discovery was made during five seasons of excavations, directed by Prof. Uzi Leibner and Prof. Orit Peleg-Barkat of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology.

The Ophel archaeological site where a monumental complex housing several Second Temple-era mikvaot were uncovered by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, September 23, 2026.

Yohanan Elishuv, last surviving fighter who raised Eilat's Ink Flag in 1948, dies at 95

During the first truce in June 1948, Elishuv was transferred to the southern front under Uzi Narkiss. He was wounded after driving over a mine, but returned to combat after recovering.

Yohanan Elishuv during the War of Independance.

How a 'Jerusalem homecoming' highlighted the struggling tourism sector - opinion

Following a temporary retreat to Tiberias, Jane Kiel reflects on religion, war, and tourism as she returns to Jerusalem

 Jane Kiel.

One lightly wounded in suspected stabbing terror attack near Old City's Damascus Gate

The attack came hours after more than 50,000 people gathered at the Western Wall to recite the selichot earlier in the night.

Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on June 16, 2017.