Jerusalem Municipality

Grapevine: Sheltering routine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Children play in a Jerusalem shelter
The Jerusalem Municipality took the personal approach to delivering games kits around town.

From shelters to fun: How Jerusalem is helping residents cope during Iran war

A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

Urban Planning.

Dramatic change in Jerusalem construction plan approvals: Impact of pre-planning agreements


Where are Jerusalem's Jews, Arabs living together?

Two case studies involving areas in Jerusalem where Jews and Palestinians work and play alongside each other are the Mamilla Mall and Liberty Bell Park.

 MAMILLA MALL: Empty during lockdown (pictured Dec. 2020), bustling on chagim.

This week in Jerusalem: The lady is a winner

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 CHOOSING THE Hills: Hiking the Sataf in the Jerusalem Hills.

Grapevine: Much that is positive

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

How are Jerusalem's politicians getting ready for municipal elections?

There have been some posters, some exposure on the media networks, and occasionally a few private salon get-togethers – but the big “action” has not happened yet. 

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.

This week in Jerusalem: Money time

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 THE 2023 overall municipal budget: A record-breaking NIS 14.4 billion.

Jerusalem parties feud over haredi schools in secular neighborhoods

What is on the agenda now is feeling among some of the city’s residents that the ultra-Orthodox representatives are establishing facts on the ground and preparing to deepen their influence.

 HEBREW UNIVERSITY dorm in Kiryat Yovel, with anti-haredi graffiti, 2009 – even then, tensions were rising as the neighborhood was becoming increasingly Orthodox.

Jerusalem city councilors start their 2023 election campaigns

Jerusalem city councilors Laura Wharton and Yossi Havilio failed to unite their lists and run together, but their platforms are largely similar.

 YOSSI HAVILIO, deputy mayor and city councilor in the coalition’s non-haredi wing.

This week in Jerusalem: Helpless

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 TALPIOT: PARKING ticket hub of Jerusalem (Illustrative).

Moshe Lion, Yossi Saidov: Old West-esque rivals of Jerusalem politics

In this story, there is no good, no bad and no ugly. There is a powerful mayor who has managed to keep his 2018 election campaign promises against a simple city resident and activist.

 Illustrative of an Old West gunfight: Will good triumph over evil in our complex city of Jerusalem?

Women participation gains momentum in Jerusalem municipal elections race

Efforts to increase female representation in the Jerusalem Municipality has now started to generate action on the ground.

 YAEL ENTEBI represents Pisgat Ze’ev.