Jerusalem day

'Blood on their hands': Top Modern Orthodox rabbi says haredim must serve in IDF

Twenty-six students gone. 39 relatives gone. Rabbi Kenneth Brander on what Israel's religious Zionist community owes its soldiers, and what it owes everyone else.

 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.
 Jewish men dance with Israeli flags during Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025.

Jerusalem Day’s violence should not erase the memory of a divided city - opinion

 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Jerusalem Day violence exposes dangerous culture of impunity in Israel - opinion

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Trump’s Evangelical alliance alarms defenders of religious freedom - opinion


Ahead of Jerusalem Day, check out the new train stations coming to the capital

The new stations will service the center of the city and the First Station area near the Old City of Jerusalem.

 A sketch of the new train station planned for the center of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Day flag march to go ahead as usual, Netanyahu promises

Palestinian terrorist groups have issued threats against the Israeli flag march scheduled for Jerusalem Day.

 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Renowned ophthalmologist becomes fifth Arab recipient of Jerusalem award

In the last five years, according to Walla, only 4.5% of recipients were Arab, and only one was a resident of east Jerusalem. 

 Ophthalmology exam (illustrative).

Jerusalem highlights May 12 –18

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

 GET YOUR wheels in gear for Studio in Motion at the Yitzhak Navon train station (pictured).

Jerusalem Day: 10 iconic must-see spots in Israel's capital

In advance of Jerusalem Day, marking 56 years since the city’s unification, the Magazine brings you a tapestry of 10 of Jerusalem’s iconic places and people, in alphabetical order.

 JERUSALEM: A view of Israel's capital city (Illustrative).

Jerusalem Day: One Kotel for all - opinion

worry that the Western Wall is being unintentionally appropriated by religious Jews.

 Jerusalem was the only territory in ancient Israel which wasn’t allocated to a particular tribe (Illustrative).

The false unity of Jerusalem: Why I cannot celebrate Israel's capital - opinion

Any impartial comparison of life in Palestinian Jerusalem with life in Jewish Jerusalem will easily point to the extreme levels of discrimination within Israel’s capital city.

 JEWISH MARCHERS wave the Israeli flag in front of an Arab woman in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, on Jerusalem Day last year

Grapevine: Remembering Dr. Hashkes

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market

Hamas leader accepts invitation to visit Iran

Hamas said that the Iranian minister noted that the Islamic Republic was closely following “the Zionist aggression and practices in the city.”

 Palestinian group Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniyeh talks after meeting with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun, in Baabda, Lebanon June 28, 2021

Nasrallah: Past year has shifted the war against Israel in our favor

Hezbollah Secretary General Nasrallah said that "this year, we saw the axis of resistance strong, capable and cohesive, and we will witness this in the coming weeks also with regard to developments."

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised speech, in this screengrab taken from Al-Manar TV footage, Lebanon October 18, 2021.