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Jaffa Road

A view of Jerusalem's Jaffa Road in 2024. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 27, 2024, 8:37 am
Explore the rich architectural history of Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road – while it lasts
As demolitions and skyscrapers forever alter the landscape around the capital’s first paved street outside the Old City, the time to explore its hidden treasures is running out
By Aviva Bar-Am
Architects' impression of the planned entrance to the Jerusalem Center railway station, close to the intersection of Jaffa Street and King George Street in Jerusalem. (Peleg Architects)
June 26, 2023, 5:25 pm
Authorities fast track plans to extend Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train into capital’s center
Initial plans submitted to National Infrastructure Committee call for 2 Jerusalem stations – one near intersection of Jaffa Road and King George Street and a second at Khan Theater
By Sue Surkes
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with Israeli police as they protest against the jailing of a yeshiva student who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem on January 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 26, 2020, 7:03 pm
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Jerusalem entrance over draft dodger’s arrest
Dozens arrested as demonstrators block key junction, disrupt light rail services in support of seminary student detained by military police
By ToI Staff
FILE -- Disabled activists protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 12, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 15, 2018, 4:00 pm
Disabled protesters block Knesset, Jerusalem streets, demanding benefits boost
Light rail and major arteries closed in parts of capital as demonstrators pressure government to increase their stipends
By ToI Staff
Eli Varenberg
June 28, 2018, 1:56 pm
Eli Varenberg
10 night freebies in Jerusalem
From the Chord Bridge to the Western Wall, this city yields new perspectives after dark
A glimpse at what Emek Refaim Street in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem might look like with the light rail running through it. (Courtesy Refaim BaMoshavot)
April 21, 2018, 12:24 pm
Local struggle over light rail intensifies in Jerusalem’s German Colony
Two citizen groups go head-to-head on whether or not to a place section of track down Emek Refaim Street, the heart of the upscale neighborhood
By Jessica Steinberg
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
December 5, 2017, 3:56 pm
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
A daughter of Israel alone on Jaffa Road
A few shekels, the occasional meal — we need to do a lot more for those who need our help
Passersby and a pianist at the Cadenza Piano temporarily installed at a busy crossroads in downtown Jerusalem, bringing music to the public (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 26, 2017, 11:50 pm
Social piano experiment has Jerusalem passersby keyed up
Cadenza Piano lets anyone tickle the ivories on Jaffa Street, as VC gurus pitch capital on coming together through music
By Jessica Steinberg
Police at the light rail stop in central Jerusalem where a would-be attacker was found with explosives in his bag, on July 17, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 2, 2016, 2:17 pm
With bomb covered in poisoned nails, Palestinian tried to attack Jerusalem tram
Engineering student at Hebron University tells investigators he wanted ‘revenge’ for non-Muslims visiting Temple Mount
By Judah Ari Gross
Jaffa street in Jerusalems city center. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 23, 2016, 3:13 pm
When Herzl wooed the emperor of Germany
Follow in the footsteps of Kaiser Wilhem II, whose 1898 visit to Jerusalem didn’t turn out as well as the father of Zionism had hoped
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A simulation by the Architects' Union shows 'The Pyramid,' planned by architect Daniel Libeskind, as it would look when completed. (Courtesy Architects' Union)
April 14, 2016, 10:32 pm
In Israel’s capital, a pyramid will rise
Daniel Libeskind’s towering three-sided structure receives next stage of Jerusalem municipal approval
By Jessica Steinberg
A 16-year-old Palestinian girl arrives at the Jerusalem District Court on December 11, 2015, where she is indicted on two counts of attempted murder for a November 23 stabbing attack in the capital. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 11, 2015, 10:28 am
Palestinian girl who stabbed elderly Arab man in terror attack indicted
Prosecutors say terror suspect, 16, was acting to avenge cousin’s 2013 death; elderly Palestinian man was wounded in attack
By ToI Staff
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