February 25, 2014
6:12 pm

Flashy interiors, massive spaces and lots of movie memorabilia typify the Cinema City experience (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Jerusalem’s Cinema City opens, but not on Shabbat

Long-awaited, massive movie theater complex starts selling tickets Thursday, amid Supreme Court debate on whether it should open 7 days a week

By Jessica Steinberg

February 24, 2014
1:20 pm

An ambulance leaves Rimonim Prison while Israeli police SWAT team entered the prison, on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

A chink in the clink

A day after a prisoner managed to smuggle a gun into prison and injure several guards, many are asking how, and one family is asking why for a second time

By Joshua Davidovich

January 23, 2014
6:30 am

A mound of construction waste lies near a residential area in Ras Khamis, January 16, 2014 (photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)

In Jerusalem’s no man’s land, awaiting a political decision

Stuck in limbo between Israel and the PA, properly served by neither, residents of the Arab neighborhood of Ras Khamis feel like ‘human refuse’

By Elhanan Miller

December 29, 2013
2:20 pm

Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat speaks with Israeli demonstrators, some of them relatives of Israelis who were killed by Palestinians, outside a protest tent set up against the upcoming release of Palestinian prisoners, near the Prime Minister residence in Jerusalem on December 29, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Barkat cancels disbandment of terror victim protest

Jerusalem municipality had said demonstration could not continue; 5 prisoners slated for release are East Jerusalem residents

By Gavriel Fiske

December 15, 2013
2:32 am

A view of the the snow-covered walls of Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, December 14, 2013 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

After ‘storm of the century,’ crippled Jerusalem plows on

Three days of heavy snowfall leave the capital’s sidewalks unnavigable and its streets littered with broken tree limbs

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 14, 2013
8:29 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the situation room of the Jerusalem municipality during the storm, December 14, 2013. (Photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu says disaster averted in ‘once-in-a-century’ storm

PM hails cooperation between authorities; electric corp. says full power to be restored to all within 48 hours; opposition chief slams televised meeting as PR stunt

By Times of Israel staff

December 4, 2013
7:53 am

The car in which Avigail Ben Zion, 2, was injured by a stone near her home in Armon Hanatziv, Jerusalem, November 28, 2013. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Two more arrested in rock attack that injured toddler

Total number of suspects in police custody now seven, as security officials point to rise in stoning incidents in capital

By Lazar Berman and Joshua Davidovich

December 3, 2013
7:35 pm

Jerusalem police arrest 5 in attack on toddler

New suspects in Thursday’s rock throwing said to be motivated by ‘hatred for Jews’; 65% rise in attacks in capital last month

By Lazar Berman

November 29, 2013
6:53 am

Four arrested in Jerusalem stoning attack that injured toddler

Court extends remand of residents of Arab neighborhood of Sur Baher suspected of injuring 2-year-old Avigail Ben Zion

By Adiv Sterman

November 21, 2013
11:49 pm

New member Moshe Lion attends the first meeting of the Jerusalem city council on November 21, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Moshe Lion sworn in as Jerusalem city council member

Accountant from Givatayim, who lost mayoral race to incumbent Barkat, defies skeptics who expected him to be a no-show

By Raphael Ahren

November 15, 2013
2:57 am

Moshe Lion concedes defeat in the Jerusalem mayoral race Tuesday night (photo credit: Flash90)

Moshe Lion unlikely to take his seat on Jerusalem city council

Accountant from Givatayim, who lost mayoral race to incumbent Barkat, refuses comment

By Raphael Ahren

November 13, 2013
5:12 pm

Writers Gideon Raff, left, Howard Gordon, center, and Alex Gansa accept Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series award for 'Homeland' onstage at the Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo credit: AP/Vince Bucci/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/)

‘Homeland’ writer sells NBC show to be filmed in Jerusalem

‘Dig,’ co-written by Gideon Raff and ‘Heroes’ scribe Tim Kring, is first produced-in-Israel show to be sold as a series for US television

By Times of Israel staff

November 12, 2013
10:16 pm

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat (center), Head of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky (right) and US Jewish Federations' board chairman Michael Siegal (left) march at the Federations' General Assembly (GA) final ceremony, November 12, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sidnel/Flash90)

GA ends with prayer at Western Wall’s egalitarian platform

Bennett: Israel-Diaspora relationship a ‘two-way street’; at City Hall ceremony, mayor lauds Jerusalem’s diverse population

By JTA

October 24, 2013
10:05 pm

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman (left) and Shas political leader Aryeh Deri at a celebration in honor of Deri's birthday, in the Knesset, February 18, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

The calm before the political storm

Why the political fallout of Jerusalem’s mayoral elections may signal tumultuous times ahead for Netanyahu’s government

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 24, 2013
3:14 pm

Nir Barkat is swamped by supporters as he arrives to claim victory in the Jerusalem mayoral race, early on October 23, 2013 (photo credit: Walla screenshot)

Taking Jerusalem for a ride

Papers Thursday are filled with enough toxic dirt, and just on the capital’s mayoral race, that readers may want to invest in a hazmat suit