Jerusalem current events

Jerusalem highlights: August 21-27

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

‘The Last Moon’ (see Saturday).
Jewish worshippers and visitors gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem a day before the eve of Tisha B’Av, July 21, 2026.

Grapevine: Onward August

A recent picture of Yad Kennedy.

Jerusalem highlights: July 31-August 6

 FOLK SINGER Sandy Cash brings the tunes on Wednesday.

Jerusalem highlights: Week of September 17-23


Grapevine: Many memorials

JERUSALEM MAYOR Nir Barkat, prior to running the 10 km. marathon with reservists from his paratroop unit last Friday.

Sixth annual Jerusalem Marathon

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Mitzpe Neftoah

A heady event

Raise your glass and your spirits at the annual kosher wine exhibition.

The annual kosher wine exhibition

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Mayor Nir Barkat – holding a Jerusalem Marathon T-shirt – kicks off the 2016 race with a press conference

Liberal and right or right and liberal

Netanyahu and US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power

In Bloom

“My dream is to fill the world with flowers.”

The Bloom Floral and Event Design Studio

Monday mingling in Jerusalem – at Shaon Horef

“The cultural scene in Jerusalem is so varied - it is unparalleled.”

The Cut Out Club

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

Deputy Mayor Tamir Nir, head of the city’s preservation committee

Whose Shabbat is it anyway?

Things have been progressing from short cease-fires to open war between the neighborhood’s ultra-Orthodox residents, and the secular and pluralistic residents.

A grocery store that stays open on Shabbat, across from Mamilla Mall

All aboard, sans pants

Jerusalemites of all (boxer and brief) stripes have jumped on the international “No Pants Day” bandwagon.

“No Pants Day” in Jerusalem