April 4, 2014
2:10 am

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu in 2013. (photo credit: Flash90/Yonatan Sindel)

1,000 Diaspora rabbis urge Barkat not to back anti-Arab rabbi

Shmuel Eliyahu, currently chief rabbi of Safed, has been under fire for ‘intolerant’ remarks and rulings

By JTA

April 3, 2014
12:17 pm

Jerusalem landmark -- the old arch (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Jerusalem spurs start-ups as ancient rules bend

From the web Businessweek: Although the odds would seem to be against it, Israel’s capital is making its mark on the tech world

March 31, 2014
1:38 pm

Restored art deco balasters and a replicated Waldorf Astoria clock in the lobby of the Jerusalem hotel (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Plush luxe at Jerusalem’s refurbished Waldorf

Hotel will open for Passover 2014, with blessings from the country’s chief rabbis

By Jessica Steinberg

March 21, 2014
2:33 pm

Runners during the 2014 marathon in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/ Flash90)

Kenyan sets new Jerusalem Marathon record

Ronald Kimeli Kurgat finishes full course in just over two hours and 16 minutes; race briefly disrupted by protesters

By Times of Israel staff and Jessica Steinberg

March 21, 2014
8:29 am

Runners, including Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, in background, warming up for the Jerusalem marathon on March 19, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Over 25,000 runners kick off Jerusalem Marathon

Man in serious condition after suffering heat stroke during annual race, considered one of the hardest in the world

By Times of Israel staff and Jessica Steinberg

March 19, 2014
3:05 pm

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, a longtime runner, preparing for Friday's Jerusalem marathon (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Jerusalem of go

As runners gear up for the capital’s 4th marathon Friday, a look at how running culture is transforming the city

By Jessica Steinberg and Rebecca McKinsey

March 16, 2014
2:56 pm

The new Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, on opening day, Tuesday February 25, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New Jerusalem megaplex to remain closed on Shabbat

Supreme Court rules that Cinema City development must be shuttered, for now, on Saturday because it is built on public land; asks sides to renegotiate

By Gavriel Fiske

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

Topic: Nir Barkat