The famous Machane Yehuda market in Yerushalayim is world famous for its scents, its tasty treats, and of course its sounds. Photographer Mendy Kotlyar walked through the shuk, capturing its well-known pre-Shabbos rush on Thursday night in a collection of unique images • Photos
While wildfires rage outside of Yerushalayim, Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Naftalin, Director of “Lev Chabad” in the city’s Hadassah Hospital, took an opportunity today to blow shofar for the brave firemen working tirelessly to stop the blaze. The fires have caused the evacuation of several Jerusalem area neighborhoods, and is rapidly approaching the hospital.
An Arab terrorist attempted to ram his vehicle into Border Police officers at the A-Za’im junction between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim on Wednesday afternoon • Full Story
The United States on Friday issued for the first time a passport to a Jerusalem-born American with ‘Israel’ listed as the place of birth instead of the city • Full Story
Tragedy: With great sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Rabbi Amram Blau, OB”M, a Lubavitcher from Yerushalayim, who was killed today in a bus accident. Rabbi Blau was hit by a bus after he apparently stepped off the curb on Olei Hagardom Street in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Yerushalayim • Full Story
Jerusalem is one of the most iconic cities in the world, and one of its biggest icons is its walls. Built during the Ottoman period, the city walls protected the city from intruders, helped collect taxes and also became an architectural element to beautify the city • Watch
Baby boy to: Shmuel and Esther Neft (nee Tyshenko) – Toronto.
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel
Baby girl to: Chagai and Dassie Meffi (nee Richler) – South Beach, FL
