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United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush (left) and Yossi Deitch tour Mount Meron ahead of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer which annually attracts tens of thousands of Jewish worshipers, February 13, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 25, 2023, 5:18 pm
No private firm willing to insure Meron pilgrimage, two years after disaster
Treasury to consider partially indemnifying event in response to request from organizer Yossi Deitch, who says he is being treated ‘like a leper’
By Michael Horovitz
Supporters of Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion (center) react as the preliminary results of the mayoral race are announced, November 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 14, 2018, 2:55 am
Lion declares he’s won Jerusalem mayoral race, but rival says it’s not over
Ofer Berkovitch vows not to give up, says his legal team will be checking into ‘irregularities’ at polling stations; 8,500 outstanding votes will only be tallied Wednesday
By Marissa Newman
Supporters of Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion react as the preliminary results of the mayoral race are announced on November 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 14, 2018, 1:35 am
Interior minister says Lion is Jerusalem mayor, though soldiers’ votes uncounted
Ultra-Orthodox favorite declares victory after securing 6,000-vote lead over Ofer Berkovitch; 8,500 outstanding votes will only be tallied Wednesday
By Marissa Newman
Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich (L) and Moshe Lion during an October 21, 2018 debate ahead of the Jerusalem Municipality elections on October 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 11:57 pm
Jerusalem’s Lion gains lead over Berkovitch after 90% of mayoral vote tallied
After leading for most of the night, secular candidate Berkovitch now trails ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion by several thousand votes
By Marissa Newman
Jerusalem Mayoral candidate Moshe Leon and his wife cast their ballots at a voting station for the Jerusalem municipal elections on November 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 10:27 pm
Polls close in tense Jerusalem mayoral race; under 1/3 of voters show up
With over 30% of votes counted, secular Berkovitch takes lead over ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion, but race still too close to call
By Marissa Newman
Local elections campaign posters can be seen as smoke rises behind from a building that was set ablaze by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on November 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 13, 2018, 1:15 pm
Jerusalem, other towns return to mayoral polls, as Gaza attacks stymie 1 runoff
Candidates who failed to reach 40% in first round face tense runoffs; race in capital too close to call as voters chose between ultra-Orthodox-backed Lion and secular Berkovitch
By Raoul Wootliff
Jerusalem Mayoral candidate Ofer Berkovitch speaks at his campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, on October 31, 2018. ( Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 6:39 am
Lion roars, and other snap takeaways from local election results
Elkin down and out as four become two in Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv’s Huldai fights off insurgent challenge and Haifa sees first female mayor of major Israeli city
By Raoul Wootliff
Jerusalem mayoral candidates Ofer Berkovich (L) and Moshe Lion during an October 21, 2018 debate ahead of the Jerusalem Municipality elections on October 30, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2018, 1:06 am
In shocker, Lion and Berkovitch headed for runoff in Jerusalem
Despite backing of PM and outgoing mayor, Ze’ev Elkin suffers major defeat in bid to lead capital; second round scheduled for November 13
By Marissa Newman and ToI Staff
An Israeli woman votes at a polling station in the center of Jerusalem during local elections on October 30, 2018. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP)
October 30, 2018, 4:29 pm
In Jerusalem, a city divided on its next mayor until the bitter end
Capital contest appears wide open and headed to a runoff, with voters split over whom they support — and who they think will win
By Marissa Newman
A Jewish man walks in a street littered with election campaign posters for the upcoming Jerusalem municipal elections, in Jerusalem on October 28, 2018. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
October 30, 2018, 6:39 am
Israelis head to the polls, and the beach, as local elections kick off
Jerusalem contest appears wide open; Tel Aviv deputy mayor challenges city’s longtime leader; and Haifa could elect its first-ever female mayor
By Marissa Newman
Man voting in the town of Beit Shemesh. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
October 21, 2018, 11:02 am
Meet the contenders seeking to be mayors of Israel’s top cities
On October 30, residents across the country will vote for their local officials. Here’s a look at how the race is playing out in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa (plus some tidbits)
By Marissa Newman
Ofer Berkovitch, Jerusalem Mayoral candidate and head of the Hitorerut (Awakening) movement, is seen at the opening of the Hitorerut election campaign in Jerusalem on September 2, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 4, 2018, 6:41 am
Mayoral hopeful Berkovitch says he’ll rid Jerusalem of ‘Haredi extortion’
Youngest candidate in the race and founder of the Hitorerut social movement vows to clean up city, advance coexistence initiatives
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
Kulanu MK Rachel Azaria attends a Kulanu faction meeting in the Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 26, 2018, 10:06 pm
Azaria pulls out of Jerusalem mayoral race, backs Elkin
Kulanu MK, the only woman candidate in the running, rejects accusations of ‘backroom deal,’ plans to stay in the Knesset
By ToI Staff
A campaign poster published by the Jerusalem branch of the Jewish Home party, August 6, 2018. (Twitter)
August 6, 2018, 5:33 pm
Anger at Jewish Home campaign warning of ultra-Orthodox takeover in Jerusalem
Posters showing leading mayoral candidates decked out in black hats and sidelocks draws condemnation from part’s national HQ, others
By Stuart Winer
Jerusalem deputy mayor and mayoral candidate Yossi Deitch seen before a meeting in Jerusalem on July 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 24, 2018, 11:02 pm
Ultra-Orthodox hopeful Deitch throws hat in ring for Jerusalem mayor
Deputy mayor joins six other candidates after gaining support of rabbis from Agudath Israel faction
By ToI Staff
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