Mahaneh Yehuda

Jerusalem highlights: July 24-30

What’s new to do in Israel’s capital?

Blue Sun (see Sunday).
Times Square billboard bringing awareness to the Palestinian Authority's 'Pay for Slay' policy

23 years later: Surviving and not forgetting - opinion

Ronen Siman Tov, fourth-generation Jerusalemite.

Painting through the ashes: Ronen Siman-Tov turns Jerusalem’s wounds into art - interview

An alley off Agrippas St.

The little shop on Jaffa Street that captured old Jerusalem - opinion


Jerusalem culinary legend, Mahane Yehuda veteran Ezra Scherpler dead at 86

Scherpler's kitchen mainly served dishes derived from the Kurdish, Iraqi and Turkish cuisines cooked on traditional kerosene stoves.

 Ezra Scherpler serves food in a restaurant called Azura at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on December 21, 2006

Hanukkah: What are the best donuts (sufganiyot) in Jerusalem? - review

Before Hanukkah, it is up to me to undertake the mission of sampling the wide variety of sufganiyot in Jerusalem to determine which is the best. Yes, journalism is a heavy burden, indeed.

 The vast array of Hanukkah donuts (sufganiyot) on display at English Cake in Jerusalem.

Grapevine: Yod-tet gatherings

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

 People some with face masks shop for grocery at the mahane Yehuda market  in Jerusalem on January 13, 2022.

This week in Jerusalem: No more stink

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 A SCENE FROM the 2018 strike by city workers that left garbage piles at the Mahaneh Yehuda market.

Grapevine: Jerusalem of Books

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ZION SQUARE has become far more user-friendly in recent years.

Going on a date in Jerusalem? Here are some good places

Jerusalem’s summer nights (and the odd breezy day!) are perfect for spending time with that special or yet-to-be-declared special someone. Here is a selection of date places to get you started.

 Your guide to romantic dating attractions in Jerusalem (Illustrative).

Grapevine: Herzog at the shuk

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 People some with face masks shop for grocery at the mahane Yehuda market  in Jerusalem on January 13, 2022.

Smoke Burger: The shuk's only mehadrin burger place - review

Matan Zizo's decision to get a mehadrin kashrut was mostly for his father, who only eats mehadrin.

 Smoke Burger

US Secret Service agent returned to US after attacking woman in Jerusalem

Agent's Secret Service access blocked, flown back to US pending investigation • Woman was physically attacked by one agent, released by other

 US president Joe Biden arrives for a visit at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022.

Easy to be Jewish, but easier to decrease observance - opinion

Israel has yet to become the place of the ingathering of exiles

A CHABADNIK helps a man put on tefillin in Safed.