Who Should Be Jerusalem’s Next Mayor?
As Israel’s municipal elections, scheduled for October 30, come closer, we are caught between two Jerusalems....
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Opinion | Politicians Love Jerusalem—But What About Jerusalemites?
Once again, our city has been taken over by jealousy. Once again, it has been reduced to little more than a humiliated pawn in the hands of politicians who, in their attempts to own this city, are willing, quite literally, to let her die....
Opinion | Should 1967 be Celebrated or Mourned?
Fifty years. More than half of them, many more, have been years of acrimony. Was the Six-Day War just a great triumph—or a triumph whose consequence is grave devastation? Was it worth it? Pick the facts that support your viewpoint: The 1967 war resulted in...
Opinion | The Trouble With Holiness
18:07 10 May
in 2017 May-June
The “miraculous” victory of 1967 returned major holy places in Jerusalem and the West Bank to Jewish control, including the Temple Mount in the Old City (known as Haram al-Sharif to Muslims), the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem. This...
Opinion // Is it Time to Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem?
What is an embassy? It is an office in which people do their jobs—at times essential, at other times unimportant. It is also a symbol—of friendship, of cooperation, of relations....
Q&A: Author Adina Hoffman on Jerusalem Architects
11:10 29 August
in Latest
In her fourth book, Adina Hoffman focuses on three brilliant Jerusalem architects....
Mount Zion: Jerusalem’s Wild & Sacred Backyard
Located just outside Jerusalem’s old city walls, Mount Zion is home to King David’s tomb, the room of the last supper and a former mosque. Today, a tangle of neglectful Israeli authorities has allowed the site to become a beacon for ultra-nationalist religious Jews. ...
Opinion // Living Under the “Terrorism Tree”
19:40 01 January
in 2015 January-February
Attacks may be a fact of life, but Israelis will never consider terrorism “normal.” ...
Opinion | Naomi Ragen
Since the recent elections, new laws are changing Israeli society for better and worse....