2 museums trace Israel’s peace process

Published on April 10, 2013

Which experiences led former prime ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin — once considered hawks — to attempt to make peace with Israel’s Arab neighbors?

Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem mosque

Published on March 8, 2013

Israeli police fired stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who had thrown rocks and firebombs at them after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, police said.

Riots break out in Jerusalem, West Bank over Palestinian prisoners

Published on February 22, 2013

Palestinian protesters reportedly fired flares and hurled stones at Israeli troops in the Old City in Jerusalem amid violent protests in the West Bank.

Sarah Silverman’s niece can visit Western Wall on Purim despite ban

Published on February 20, 2013

The niece of American comedian Sarah Silverman will be allowed to attend a women's Megillah reading at the Western Wall despite being banned from the site.

E. Jerusalem Arabs arrested for attacking Jewish man

Published on December 13, 2012

Three Arab teenagers from eastern Jerusalem were arrested on suspicion that they attacked a haredi Orthodox Jewish man.

‘Come back [to Israel] and bring a lot of people with you’

Published on December 4, 2012

“No Shopping!” guide Nadav Kersh admonished his charges as they entered the crowded Old City of Jerusalem. “I mean it. No shopping! It’s just too easy to get lost here.”

Police push back rioters on Temple Mount

Published on October 5, 2012

Israeli police reportedly pushed back rioters on the Temple Mount.

Suicide car bombers strike in heart of Aleppo, killing 48

Published on October 3, 2012

Three suicide car bombs and a mortar barrage ripped through a government-controlled district of central Aleppo housing a military officers' club on Wednesday, killing 48 people according to activists.

In Jerusalem, Romney emphasizes nuclear Iran and ‘tumult’ in region

Published on July 30, 2012

Mitt Romney at a policy speech in Jerusalem addressed the alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program and changes in the Arab world.

Is the heart of Israeli cinema in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?

By Danielle Berrin
Published on June 20, 2012

After Jerusalem Day

By Stuart Schoffman
Published on May 30, 2012

On the morning after Yom Yerushalayim, I walked past the prime minister’s house on the way to the dentist. The house sits on Balfour Street, named for the British lord whose famous Declaration of 1917 paved the road to the Jewish state. Half a century later, the Israel Defense Forces recaptured the Old City and unified Jerusalem, a momentous event commemorated on Yom Yerushalayim.

Police quell Temple Mount riots

Published on February 24, 2012

Police dispersed Muslim rioters on the Temple Mount who apparently had been spurred by reports that Jewish extremists planned to enter the site.

Israel closes Jerusalem holy compound footbridge

Published on December 12, 2011

Israel on Monday closed a footbridge it deemed unsafe at Jerusalem's holiest and most volatile religious site after fears that demolition of the structure, used mainly by non-Muslim tourists, could spark Arab anger.

Putting My Learning Into Practice: Tikkun Olam in Jerusalem

By Masa Israel Journey
Published on November 23, 2011

U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem warns travelers of violence

Published on September 22, 2011

The U.S. Consulate General has banned its personnel from visiting the Old City of Jerusalem due to fears of violence.

Briefs: Palestinians riot near Jerusalem dig; Brandeis threatened with loss of donations

Published on February 22, 2007

Briefs

War enhances intensity of Israel trip

By Daniela Bernstein
Published on October 5, 2006

The Eastern Europe-Israel Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Conservative movement's United Synagogue Youth.

Meditate on Shabbat in the Old City

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on March 3, 2005

Minutes from the Western Wall, brilliant bougainvillea grace the courtyard of an Old City apartment encased in Jerusalem's signature stone. This is where participants in Sarah Yehudit Schneider's women-only meditation retreats symbolically leave the rest of the week behind to embrace the healing, nurturing powers of Shabbat.

Jerusalem’s Old City Finds Twin in Girona

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on February 3, 2005

With their narrow passageways and cobblestone streets, picturesque Girona and Jerusalem's Old City share more than just a certain outward appearance.

Approaching The Millennium

By Avi Machlis
Published on December 16, 1999

Melodic harmonies echo through Dominus Flevit, a small-but-quaint church on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, as a group of 30 Christian Bible scholars and pastors sing "Hallelujah to the Lord," first in English, then Hebrew.
Built in 1955 on the ruins of an ancient church, the teardrop-shaped structure commands a breathtaking view of the eastern walls of Jerusalem's Old City. According to Christian tradition, Jesus, knowing his prophetic message would be rejected, wept here as he viewed the illusion of a tranquil city that, in fact, was bitterly divided, its Jewish population suffering under a brutal Roman occupation.