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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Yerushalmim

Kulanu MK and Jerusalem mayoral candidate Rachel Azaria (Courtesy)
July 16, 2018, 8:19 am
Aiming to be Jerusalem’s first female mayor, MK sees thaw in religious tensions
Just 10 years ago, Rachel Azaria was fighting to have her face featured on Jerusalem bus ads; a decade on, former deputy mayor says her hometown in throes of change
By Marissa Newman
Kulanu MK Rachel Azaria at the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, held by the Israel Institute of Democracy, in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 25, 2018, 3:53 pm
Could Rachel Azaria’s candidacy pave way for ultra-Orthodox mayor in Jerusalem?
With surprise entry of Orthodox, pluralistic MK, the race to succeed Nir Barkat is more open than ever. What’s missing is an ultra-Orthodox candidate. That might now change
By David Sedley
New Yerushalmim councilmember Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat, created a campaign to name more streets in Jerusalem for women (Courtesy Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat)
January 30, 2018, 4:16 pm
Jerusalem alderman wants more streets named for women
Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat reaches out to the public for suggestions in bid to rectify skew favoring men
By Jessica Steinberg
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a billboard that was vandalized, near the entrance to Jerusalem, November 2, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/File)
November 8, 2017, 4:39 pm
Haredi man arrested for vandalizing women’s faces on Jerusalem billboards
Suspect found carrying cans of spray paint; local activists decry ongoing effort to remove women from public spaces in the capital
By Stuart Winer
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
Customers sit at the Carousela restaurant, which was supervised by Hashgaha Pratit - Hebrew for private supervision - to check it abides by kosher practices, on June 8, 2016, in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.(AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 3, 2017, 1:42 pm
Rabbinate heavyweight defects to private kashrut initiative
Jerusalem-founded Private Supervision group receives major boost with addition of expert Rabbi Oren Duvdevani
By Jessica Steinberg
Reform Rabbi Tamir Nir was raised in an Orthodox home in Alon Shvut, a Jewish settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc. (Noam Feiner)
January 13, 2017, 1:27 pm
How a yeshiva boy found religion as a Reform rabbi
Former Jerusalem deputy mayor Tamir Nir lived as an Orthodox Jew for 20 years, and for the next 20 as a secular Israeli; in his current role, he feels he lives the best of both
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of Orthodox Jews walking on a street in Jerusalem during Shabbat. (Corinna Kern/Flash 90)
November 23, 2016, 11:51 am
Jerusalem cafés to ‘open for Shabbat,’ but not for business
New initiative looks to bring together secular and religious Jerusalemites on Friday nights at local coffee houses, without the coffee
By Jessica Steinberg
Rachel Azaria, then-deputy mayor of Jerusalem, poses for a portrait outside her office on July 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 25, 2015, 8:38 am
Rachel Azaria eyes national stage for family-friendly reforms
Jerusalem deputy mayor’s run for Knesset is next step in promoting what she calls today’s Zionism: ‘making sure that living in Israel is possible’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Leader of the Kulanu political party Moshe Kahlon (R) and Rachel Azaria hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on January 6, 2015. (photo credit: Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
January 6, 2015, 2:44 pm
Rachel Azaria joins Kahlon’s Kulanu party
Deputy mayor of Jerusalem has a record of fighting for women’s rights, against religious coercion
By Lazar Berman
Rachel Azaria at City Hall (Courtesy Rachel Azaria/Facebook)
December 29, 2014, 7:07 pm
Rachel Azaria said in talks to join Kahlon’s party
Deputy mayor of Jerusalem has a record of fighting for women’s rights, against religious coercion
By ToI Staff
The Yerushalmim party's latest Egged bus poster in the campaign against segregation in the public sphere (photo credit: Courtesy Yerushalmim)
October 6, 2014, 6:58 pm
Yerushalmim wins bus brawl
High Court rules in favor of bus ads featuring women of all types
By Jessica Steinberg
Distributing care packages to troops, during the current operation in Gaza. (photo credit: Nati Shochat/Flash90)
July 25, 2014, 11:43 am
Behind the lines, Israelis help out with the war effort
A range of initiatives have sprung up to aid soldiers fighting in Gaza, and the families left behind
By Jessica Steinberg
Merav Mizrachi and Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz outside Cafe Mizrachi, in Mahane Yehuda (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 7, 2014, 7:29 am
Redefining kashrut in Jerusalem
Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz of the Yerushalmim movement and his team of supervisors hit the community’s cafes
By Jessica Steinberg
Secular Israeli students demonstrate outside the new Cinema City complex in Jerusalem on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 25, 2014, 11:16 pm
Protesters call for Jerusalem cinema to open on Shabbat
Council member Rachel Azaria predicts Cinema City will ultimately open on Saturday — due to the competition
By Jessica Steinberg
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