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A clown performs at a park in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood, March 2, 2026 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
March 3, 2026, 6:10 am
In Jerusalem’s Katamon neighborhood, levelheadedness and levity prevail as rockets fly
Amid Purim preparations, residents express optimism over ongoing war with Iran as they enjoy the pleasant weather between scattered showers of missiles
By Zev Stub
Kiryat Yovel, April 2022. (By Bar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124376597)
January 26, 2023, 8:45 pm
Jerusalem moves forward with urban renewal plans in key neighborhoods
Green light for makeover of Katamon, Arnona and Kiryat HaYovel to deliver homes, services and public space
By Danielle Nagler
'Breakfast in the Katamonim,' oil, by Marek Yanai, on display at Beit Avi Chai exhibition, 'On the Threshold, Jerusalem in Oil and Watercolor,' through July 2022. (Courtesy Beit Avi Chai)
May 22, 2022, 9:55 am
Veteran Jerusalem artist paints small city moments in new exhibit
Marek Yanai’s ‘On the Threshold’ offers up deep, rich oil and watercolor paintings of Jerusalem at Beit Avi Chai, and is available online as well
By Jessica Steinberg
Byzantine-era cistern found under a playground in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood, photographed in 2005. (Ofer Cohen, courtesy IAA)
January 23, 2019, 4:06 pm
Subterranean 1,500-year-old cistern complex found under Jerusalem playground
Antiquities Authority and municipality in talks whether to make the hidden water hole — half the size of an Olympic pool — a tourist site
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Gil Hovav in front of his childhood home in Jerusalem. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
February 11, 2018, 10:16 am
Celebrated Israeli foodie blends grub and family in new memoir
In ‘Candies from Heaven,’ TV personality Gil Hovav reminisces about coming of age in Jerusalem, peppered with recipes from his childhood
By Jessica Steinberg
The Atarot industrial zone, with the Ramallah suburb Kafr Aqab seen in the background. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 7, 2017, 9:39 pm
14,000 housing units planned for Jerusalem, 6,000 of them over Green line
Projects at Atarot, Pisgat Ze’ev, Katamon and Rehes Lavan linked to Trump’s recognition of capital
By Raoul Wootliff and Sue Surkes
The flags parade -- shown here from 2012 -- hosted by the city of Jerusalem in honor of Jerusalem Day, and attended by thousands, isn't how all Jerusalemites want to celebrate Israel's victory in 1967 (Noam Moskowitz/Flash 90)
May 18, 2017, 2:50 pm
A jubilee for the non-jubilant: Alternative events for Jerusalem Day
The capital’s complex realities challenge residents to find new ways of marking 50 years of reunification
By Jessica Steinberg
The lucite towers of Jerusalem, as depicted in this large-model of Jerusalem, maintained by the Jerusalem Center for Planning in Historic Cities in the municipality (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 3, 2014, 5:07 am
New heights for Jerusalem’s skyline
The city that doggedly preserved its views is now giving in to its urban needs
By Jessica Steinberg
Mayoral candidate Moshe Lion outside an Old Katamon polling station in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 22, 2013, 4:05 pm
Moshe Lion a little lost on his new home turf
His ostensible partnership with Shas’s Aryeh Deri is the ‘kiss of death’ for some voters at the Old Katamon polling station where the Likud-Beytenu underdog cast his ballot
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian politician and head of the Palestinian Legislative Council Abdallah Abdallah (left), Israeli parliament member Hilik Bar (center) and member of the Central Committee of Fatah Mohammad Madani seen in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 31, 2013, with the Palestinian and Israeli flags behind them (photo credit: Miriam Alster / Flash90)
July 31, 2013, 5:20 pm
In Knesset, an upbeat start for a shadow peace summit
Lawmakers from Jerusalem and Ramallah unite under flag of conciliation to support peace talks, two-state solution
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Neta and Amit play a concert with their band at their home in Katamon, for the Jerusalem Season of Culture (photo credit: Leeor Bronis/Times of Israel)
July 16, 2013, 12:41 pm
Live, from their living room
Listening to a Moroccan band jam in the musicians’ own home in Katamon? It’s all part of the appeal at the annual Jerusalem Season of Culture
By Leeor Bronis
A man prays in a synagogue (Illustrative photo credit: Ben Sales/JTA)
September 18, 2012, 1:01 pm
At one Jerusalem shul, prayer’s not three times a day — it’s morning to night
1,200 Jews of all backgrounds and affiliations gather daily at unconventional hours in the controlled chaos of a unique ‘minyan factory’
By Ben Sales
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