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Grapevine: Jewish-Irish eyes are smiling

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 THE NEATLY tucked-away Antopol Martyrs Synagogue.
Four young suspects were arrested on Sunday night on suspicion of vandalizing headstones and causing damage to a cemetery in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Four arrested for vandalism, destruction of cemetery near Old City

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Mamilla Hotel hosts wine weekend, attracting Israelis from all over the country

Christmas in the Old City on December 25, 2025

Searching for Christmas in Jerusalem’s Old City - Reporter's Notebook


After painstaking excavation, the Tower of David pavilion opens

This is a striking new architectural concept in the city, having been excavated deep beneath the earth’s surface to adhere to height restrictions prohibiting anything taller than the Old City walls.

 Adhering to strict height restrictions to maintain the Old City’s skyline, Kimmel Eshkolot Architects excavated 17 meters down to craft the new multi-level Tower of David Angelina Drahi Entrance Pavilion in an area between the outer Old City Ottoman-period wall and the inner wall.

The Old City of Jerusalem's latest architectural layer

Over the past decade, the city of Jerusalem has worked to renew the Tower of David Museum, which hosts a new entrance pavilion from Jaffa Gate, an Education Center, and later this year, a coffee shop

 Angelina Drahi Pavilion.

Tariq Nassar: Ex-'haredi Muslim' changing Jerusalem through bees, placemaking

At the Table: After meeting the founder of Muslala, which fosters urban agriculture in unused spaces, Tariq Nassar sought to do the same to east Jerusalem.

 Tariq Nassar at eastern Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel.

Two ultra-Orthodox youth arrested after spitting at Catholic priest

One of the arrested youths can be seen coming up to Father Nikodemus Schnabel. The young man is then caught on video spitting at Schnabel and saying an expletive about Jesus.

Image taken from video capturing ultra-Orthodox youth assaulting Catholic priest

Old City of Jerusalem's Armenian photo shop stands the test of time

The shop has been around since 1949. Interestingly, it is located in the Christian Quarter rather than the Armenian sector.

 Elia Photo – Service has been a fixture in the Old City since 1949.

Armenian Christians attacked in Jerusalem, some in serious condition

Patriarchate: "Armenian clerics in Jerusalem are fighting for their lives."

 THE ARMENIAN monastery compound in the Armenian Quarter.

Jerusalem’s free Christmas trees bring joy, unity after Hamas massacre

The Jerusalem Municipality gives out free Christmas trees to Christian residents – local Arab Christians, immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and Christian volunteers who are in the city.

Receiving their free Christmas tree, a project of the Jerusalem Municipality.

World leaders, celebrities wish Holocaust survivors ‘Happy Hanukkah’

The live broadcast will feature the candle lighting at the Western Wall where around 100 Holocaust survivors will participate.

 Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz lights a candle in memory of the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

Grapevine December 9, 2023: Unlawful credentials

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 IDF reservists prepare for an exercise at Tze’elim.

Temple Mount groups plan 'March of the Maccabees' through Jerusalem's Old City

The march has been approved by Israel Police.

 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.