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


Jerusalem Day 2025: We must celebrate the 3,000-year-old dream more than ever - opinion

This year's Jerusalem Day is not at all about conquest – it is about return to our central heartbeat.

 MASSES GATHER at the Western Wall to mark Jerusalem Day last year. Yom Yerushalayim is a moment of awe, of historical and spiritual homecoming, and the reaffirmation of a 3,000-year-old dream come true, states the writer.

Your investments: Jerusalem Day, unity, and financial independence - opinion

Here are some tips that will enable you to start making smart financial decisions and get on track towards financial independence.

 INDEPENDENCE DAY is celebrated in the center of Jerusalem last year. In moments like these, the Declaration of Independence must once again serve as our moral, cultural, and Zionist compass, says the writer.

Grapevine: Recognizing Rubinstein

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Elyakim Rubinstein at his home in Jerusalem, 2022.

Grapevine: Civil discussion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem for Christmas 2016.

Jerusalem Day: The self-deception of ignoring all of the Israeli capital's problems - opinion

On the heels of Jerusalem Day and throughout the year, let us celebrate those whose love for their city knows no bounds and unites its people in harmony.

 Yesh Atid MK Meirav Cohen.

Our eternal city: An essay in honor of Jerusalem Day

No matter what ordinary events shape my day, the fact that they are happening here, in our eternal city, somehow endows them with an extra dimension.

 The city of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem's population reaches one million residents in 2024

The data showed that the city had surpassed a population of one million residents information and broke down the different sectors of the population. 

 Jewish men hold Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, June 5, 2024.

Israel looks to ban new de-facto Palestinian embassies in Jerusalem

The bill, which was authorized by MKs from the Likud and National Unity parties, is designed to prevent a new campaign to open consulates in east Jerusalem that service Palestinians.

 Demonstrators rally during a "Stand with Palestine" march in solidarity with Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, October 14, 2023.

'Jerusalem is ours, Temple Mount is ours,' Ben-Gvir declares amid flag day march violence

In total, 18 suspects were arrested during the flag march for violent offenses, assaults, threats, and disorderly conducts.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir seen during Jerusalem Day celebrations outside the Jerusalem Great Synagogue, June 5, 2024

Mapping shelters and prepping for war: State Archives publishes 1948 Jerusalem census files

As part of the census, Jerusalem was divided into 16 districts, each was subsequently divided into sectors, units, and house overseers.

 David Ben-Gurion mentioned in one of the census files unveiled by the State Archive on June 5, 2024.