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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Jerusalem municipality

Ultra Orthodox girls at their seminary in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Prominent Haredi school to operate separate program for Sephardi girls – report
By Rossella Tercatin
Development follows years of discrimination against students of Middle Eastern origin in ultra-Orthodox educational frameworks and vain attempts to crack down on it
Before and after images of Jerusalem's Rasco neighborhood under a proposed construction project (Rasco protest organization)
Jerusalem court sides with residents over city planners in precedent-setting case
By Zev Stub
An artist's rendition of the new First Station District plan for Jerusalem (Eden - Jerusalem Economic Development Company)
Jerusalem municipality begins work on massive First Station expansion
By Zev Stub
Ultra Orthodox girls at their seminary in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 4:47 pm
Prominent Haredi school to operate separate program for Sephardi girls – report
Development follows years of discrimination against students of Middle Eastern origin in ultra-Orthodox educational frameworks and vain attempts to crack down on it
By Rossella Tercatin
Palestinian schoolgirls leave a UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on May 8, 2025, as Israeli security forces prepared to close the school. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 3:45 pm
Israel shutters UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, in line with ban on aid agency
Police close six schools serving 550 students in Shuafat camp and other neighborhoods; Palestinian Authority condemns ‘violation of children’s right to education’
By Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Israeli jeep drivers make their way down a rocky dirt road in the Negev desert, southern Israel, on April 14, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 20, 2025, 5:33 pm
Jerusalem municipality uses taxpayer money to fund jeep tours for Haredi families
Hundreds of thousands of shekels earmarked for religious education spent on off-road wilderness tours for ultra-Orthodox Jerusalemites, sparking allegations of corruption in city government
By ToI Staff
An artist's rendition of the new First Station District plan for Jerusalem (Eden - Jerusalem Economic Development Company)
April 2, 2025, 9:49 am
Jerusalem municipality begins work on massive First Station expansion
New residential and business hub will include train stations and a controversial cable car to the Old City and the Western Wall
By Zev Stub
Before and after images of Jerusalem's Rasco neighborhood under a proposed construction project (Rasco protest organization)
March 20, 2025, 7:43 pm
Jerusalem court sides with residents over city planners in precedent-setting case
District court blocks proposed construction project for the Rasco neighborhood, saying it failed to comply with an existing master plan
By Zev Stub
OU Israel Executive Director Avi Berman speaks at the organization's new office in Har Hotzvim, February 2, 2025 (Shmuel Ungar)
February 6, 2025, 4:38 pm
As religious immigration rises, OU expands presence in Israel, investing in integration
After 47 years in Israel, one of North America’s largest Orthodox institutions switches strategy to operate in neighborhood hubs, reflecting changing community trends
By Zev Stub
The Epstein project planned for west Jerusalem, dubbed the Burj Jerusalem. (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture)
April 9, 2024, 11:01 am
Planned ‘Jerusalem Burj’ skyscraper draws opposition over proximity to landmarks
200 objections lodged against plans for 200-meter tower, designed by Burj Khalifa architect’s firm, to overlook Yad Vashem and Mount Herzl military cemetery; would be capital’s tallest building
By Sue Surkes
Artists prepare installations for Jerusalem's 'Adloyada' Purim parade, March 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 21, 2024, 4:08 pm
Jerusalem mayor meets hostages’ families, agrees on changes to Purim parade
Critics said it was inappropriate to hold celebrations while people remain captive in Gaza and country is at war; Tel Aviv and Holon blowouts nixed
By Jessica Steinberg
Street performers during Purim in downtown Jerusalem on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 18, 2024, 3:00 pm
Jerusalem plans first Purim parade in 42 years, despite war
City’s arts and culture department taps local artists, evacuees, and residents for celebrations even as holiday is ‘draped in sadness’ amid ongoing fighting in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
St. Andrew's Church on Bible Hill, Jerusalem. (Tzafit Shelef, Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel)
March 12, 2024, 7:07 pm
Jerusalem mayor reverses support for large development at Bible Hill nature spot
Following widespread public objection, municipality backs away from plan for hotel and commercial center on central site overlooking Old City
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative view of a swimming pool in Jerusalem on July 7, 2020.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 25, 2024, 1:55 pm
High Court upholds decision to compel Jerusalem public pool to open on Shabbat
Har Homa Community Administration, which battled against municipal requirement it open on weekends, says ruling is blow to democratic rights of residents, most of whom are Orthodox
By ToI Staff
File: Runners in the 2016 Jerusalem Marathon. (Courtesy)
January 21, 2024, 4:09 pm
Jerusalem’s annual marathon to run as usual, despite Hamas war
This year’s race is a tribute to the IDF, security forces and rescue teams, says Mayor Moshe Lion
By Jessica Steinberg
Michel Kichka's illustration, 'Be'eri Then and Today,' for Bezalel exhibit 'Wrapping Memory' for Jerusalem's Outline Festival which began in December 2023. (Courtesy)
December 26, 2023, 4:00 am
Artists illustrate reactions to Oct. 7 at Jerusalem’s Outline Festival
Aiming to bring light at a particularly dark time, illustrators depict Gaza border communities before they were ravaged by Hamas, among various exhibits
By Jessica Steinberg
Jerusalem mayoral candiate Waleed Abu Tayeh during an interview with The Times of Israel at the Saint George Hotel, Jerusalem, August 17, 2023. (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)
August 22, 2023, 9:29 am
Fighting community’s boycott of politics, lawyer runs to be Jerusalem’s 1st Arab mayor
Waleed Abu Tayeh, 69, believes engagement and representation are crucial to improving residents’ conditions in East Jerusalem — and the long odds do not deter him
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Eastech tech campus workspace in East Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
July 18, 2023, 8:29 pm
High-tech complex opens in East Jerusalem to help create jobs for local programmers
The Eastech campus, supported by an investment of NIS 10 million, is part of of the city’s Silicon Wadi tech hub project
By Sharon Wrobel
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