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Mount Scopus

Eitan Klein, Deputy Director of the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit, with dozens of stone vessel fragments found in a roughly 2000-year-old production site on the eastern slope of Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem, in a discovery announced on February 16, 2026. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 16, 2026, 2:20 pm
Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem
Cups, bowls and other ritually pure items are thought to have been fashioned out of soft limestone at Mount Scopus site along pilgrimage road in waning days of Second Temple
By Rossella Tercatin
A view of Jerusalem from Mount Scopus. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 17, 2020, 9:10 am
On Jerusalem’s Mt. Scopus, stories of tragedy, daring and charity
The mountain was the site of massacres, undercover military operations, and refuge, and today bears memorials to some of Israel’s pioneering scientists, artists and philanthropists
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
UN personnel and representatives of Israel, Trans-Jordan and Egypt pore over a map of Jerusalem at the residence of the Syrian Catholic archbishop near Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, August 22, 1948. Moshe Dayan is seated, wearing an eye patch. (AP/Jim Pringle)
May 21, 2020, 10:58 am
Blame soft grease pencils: Violence and absurdity in Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967
A hand drawn map sent tensions skyrocketing in the severed capital for 19 years, resulting in shootings, stone throwing, a secret cable car… and a blowup over a bathroom
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Exploring the public and private interiors of Jerusalem's better and lesser known buildings during the 2016 Houses from Within tour (Courtesy Houses from Within)
October 13, 2018, 10:11 am
Doors set to open on Jerusalem’s annual Houses from Within tours
A weekend of inside looks at private homes, famed institutions and public sites takes place October 18-20
By Jessica Steinberg
Arab students rally at the Hebrew University, calling for 'Zionists, out' of the country, November 8, 2017. (screen capture: Channel 2)
November 10, 2017, 3:01 am
At Hebrew University rally, Arab students call for ‘Zionists, out’
Complaint filed after demonstrators denounce Israeli presence in Golan Heights, wave Palestinian flags, vow to keep up ‘struggle’ of ‘shahids’
By ToI Staff
The IDF's Ofrit base near the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem. (John832/Wikimapia)
December 9, 2016, 12:12 pm
Shin Bet busts terror cell planning to shoot up IDF base in the capital
Eight East Jerusalem residents began plotting attack while in prison for lesser offenses, security agency says
By Judah Ari Gross
A view of the tunnels and bridges under construction along the route of the express train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, on February 6, 2014. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
November 1, 2016, 9:41 am
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train will reach Western Wall — report
Transportation minister said to discuss high-speed underground line to Old City, plans to expand capital’s light rail system
By ToI Staff
Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 28, 2016, 8:02 pm
Police investigating if latest Hebrew U fire sparked by firebomb
Student dorms evacuated but no injuries reported; fifth blaze at Mt. Scopus campus this month
By ToI Staff
Firefighters battle a blaze caused by a fire bomb at an IDF base near Mount Scopus on Friday, September 18, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)
May 25, 2016, 11:32 pm
Two soldiers lightly hurt after firebomb sparks blaze
Soldiers suffer from smoke inhalation as fire spreads to IDF base near Mount Scopus in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
A man suspected of illegal excavation at an antiquities site in Jerusalem is shown handcuffed alongside inspectors, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 (Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 8, 2015, 5:52 pm
Palestinian ‘exorcist’ nabbed plundering Jerusalem tomb
Antiquities Authority arrests six on suspicion of carrying out illegal excavation in ancient burial cave on Mount Scopus
By Ilan Ben Zion
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Mickey Hayat practices Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, as he holds an Israeli national flag, ahead of Israeli Independence Day, on April 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
April 23, 2015, 3:49 am
10 little known things about Israel’s past
Hundreds of Nazi descendants live in Israel, El Al once flew to Tehran, and first prime minister Ben-Gurion was a culinary innovator
By Uriel Heilman
A still shot from footage taken by Israeli NGO Regavim showing a school in Area C bearing an EU flag. (Photo credit: Regavim)
February 6, 2015, 9:18 pm
PM orders demolition of EU-funded Palestinian ‘settlements’ in West Bank
European Union official defends unlicensed construction in Area C, says Palestinians have a right to build there
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Border Police on Jaffa Road, near Jerusalem's Old City, October 23, 2014 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 24, 2014, 6:22 am
Security forces on high alert in Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers
Police spread out in East Jerusalem and the Old City to prevent riots, limit entry to Temple Mount compound
By ToI Staff
The East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 11, 2014, 4:29 am
Jerusalem park plan halted for blocking Arab neighborhoods
Building council calls for better review on how Mount Scopus nature reserve will affect local residents
By Stuart Winer
Security personnel at the scene where a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at a soldier near Jerusalem's Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus, August 4, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 4, 2014, 4:49 pm
Gunman on motorbike shoots soldier in Jerusalem
20-year-old seriously wounded at close range, hours after tractor driver overturns bus in terror attack; police launch search for shooter
By Adiv Sterman
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