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People at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, July 21, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
'Tourists actually love the noise and crowds'
Revamp of Jerusalem’s historic Mahane Yehuda market aims to bring it up to date without selling out
By Zev Stub
Sweeping renovation planned for 2027 will replace aging infrastructure, while planners work to preserve the local charm that draws millions of shoppers and visitors each year
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the foundation stone ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 9, 2026. (Zain JAAFAR/AFP)
October 8, 2026, 11:58 pm
Palestinian factions discuss delaying their first legislative elections in 20 years
Abbas’s Fatah says no final decision has been made on November 28 vote; needs to consult with other factions and PLO executive committee; Islamic Jihad says elections to be delayed
By ABBY SEWELL, SAM METZ and ToI Staff
Haredi protesters block cars during an anti-enlistment demonstration in Jerusalem on October 8, 2026. The two protesters on the right hold a sign reading, 'either Haredi or military.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 11:58 pm
Haredi anti-enlisment protesters clash with cops, block highways in Bnei Brak, Jerusalem
At least 3 arrested for attacking police, encircling soldier; police escort two Shas MKs out of event crashed by rioters; PM reportedly wary of riots’ political fallout
By Noam Lehmann
Police at the scene of an apparent criminal assassination attempt in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem, October 6, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
October 6, 2026, 12:19 pm
Mob boss said injured in Jerusalem car bombing, along with his 13-year-old son
Media names target of blast as criminal Itzik Bar Muha, 58; reports say he was taking his son to school when bomb went off in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood
By ToI Staff
William, a nine-year-old Armenian Christian boy from Jerusalem, who was pepper-sprayed by a Jewish extremist on Yom Kippur, speaks to Channel 13, in an interview aired September 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
September 28, 2026, 1:42 pm
Suspect arrested in Yom Kippur pepper-spraying of Christian child in Jerusalem
Police say 22-year-old from Haredi-majority settlement of Ganei Modi’in arrested in northern Israel after assault, in which extremists attacked child upon hearing him speak English
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Hannah Pasternak-Shames, guiding in Jaffa, 2022 (Courtesy)
September 27, 2026, 12:57 pm
Peoples of Israel: Hannah Pasternak-Shames, the wayfinder
On this week’s installment, we meet a woman who came to Israel looking for home, and found it by walking the land and learning how to share its history with others
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
An Armenian flag and a remembrance day poster hang in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, as the community marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on April 24, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 26, 2026, 6:47 am
Report: Armenian Christian boy maced in Jerusalem while riding bike with headphones during Yom Kippur
Israeli TV says cops have reopened case after initially closing it despite assault being caught on video; boy’s mother says he is now scared of outwardly Jewish-looking people
By ToI Staff
The exterior of the restored Tiferet Synagogue in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, open for tours during Batim Mibifnim in October 2026 (Jewish Quarter Tourism)
September 24, 2026, 6:56 pm
Jerusalem’s homes and institutions open to the public
Annual architecture festival Open House Jerusalem to take place over two October weekends, with free tours of sites around the capital
By Jessica Steinberg
A smashed window at Jerusalem's Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem that was vandalized on August 14, 2026. (Kol HaNeshama via X)
September 23, 2026, 4:20 pm
Three minors arrested after repeated vandalization of Jerusalem Reform synagogue
Suspects detained following smashing of plate and ripping down of LGBTQ flag at Kol HaNeshama on Yom Kippur, as well as egg-throwing incident on Rosh Hashanah
By Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and JTA
Illustrative: A view of the Kol HaNeshama synagogue building in Jerusalem, July 8, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
September 16, 2026, 10:33 am
Jerusalem Reform synagogue pelted with eggs on Rosh Hashanah in second attack in a month
Security camera footage shows youths in Jewish religious garb verbally harassing congregants, then throwing eggs at them; police given footage, but no arrests yet
By ToI Staff
Joshua Faudem in his Jerusalem apartment, 2026. (Yitzchak Ledee)
September 13, 2026, 1:52 pm
Peoples of Israel: Joshua Faudem, the kamikaze documentarian
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, we meet a documentary filmmaker whose day job is to explain Israel – while still trying to figure it out
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
An IDF soldier is seen operating in the West Bank, early September 8, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 8, 2026, 8:55 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled ‘significant’ terror network in West Bank, Jerusalem
Over 30 Palestinian suspects detained; 5 Jerusalemites charged with slew of security offenses; IDF says troops killed Palestinian who attacked them during attempt to question him
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen captures from video of the rescue of a man found inside an underground trash can in a suspected case of attempted murder, in Gilo, Jerusalem, September 6, 2026. (Israel Fire and Rescue Service)
September 6, 2026, 12:42 pm
Man arrested for attempted murder after brother found in underground trash can in Jerusalem
Victim rescued after crane brought in to lift container from ground; probe leads police to sibling, who is said to have mental health problems
By ToI Staff
Jason Watson, 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
September 6, 2026, 8:10 am
Peoples of Israel: Jason Watson, the Chickasaw Zionist
On this week’s installment, we meet a man who came to see that his Native American indigenous story is reflected in Israel’s struggle for existence
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Adir Schwartz talks with Jerusalem municipality inspectors as they shut down a temporary cafe set up by the Hitorerut movement in central Jerusalem after Cafe Basimta closed following weeks of protests by ultra-Orthodox extremists (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2026, 2:21 pm
Jerusalem municipality shuts down Shabbat coffee stand near cafe that caved to Haredi protests
Inspector tells volunteers from Hitorerut that they ‘received orders from higher up’ to close stall; head of liberal group: ‘Violence closed Cafe Basimta, but failed to close Jerusalem’
By ToI Staff
Protesters hold a counter-demonstration in support of the Basimta cafe in central Jerusalem, August 29, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 4, 2026, 5:56 pm
Activists set to open Shabbat coffee truck at site where Jerusalem cafe buckled to Haredi protests
Organizers vow to oppose religious coercion, say that the cart will be operated by volunteers next to the cafe so that ‘Jerusalemites can continue to drink coffee on Shabbat’
By ToI Staff
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