In Jerusalem

Jewish spirituality at meditation retreats across the world

“Meditation was something I was aware of, but I hadn’t engaged in it at all at that time,” Jacobson-Maisels says.

It was 20 years ago today‏

“Twenty years! Hard to believe,” he beams when we meet in his airy office. “I look upon the festival as a child who was born and has grown up,” said Bnaya.

Calling all Jerusalem folkies

“We’ve had quite a few people from abroad come to play at the club,” notes Philippa Bacal, who has, basically, served as chief cook and bottle washer of the folkie enterprise for the past nine years.

Jerusalemites and visitors get a ‘Taste of the World’

The Taste of the World Festival, newly arrived to Jerusalem, felt similar to the Eurovision village in Tel Aviv for the international music festival earlier this year.

So many synagogues in Jerusalem

For observant Jews – and few places come more observant than Jerusalem – the Shabbat and Festivals are days out of time.

Let my people LEGO

He started with Tinkertoys, blocks and LEGO. “Everyone knew LEGO was my thing,” he noted. “I could sit and do LEGO all day.”

Of slihot and synagogues ‏

One of the beauties of living in Israel is how Judaism is very much part of our daily culture.

Salt of the art

Sigalit Landau’s monumental ‘Salt Years’ reveals her inner world while addressing wider issues.

Breaking musical news

“We heard about this project and felt it was a perfect match to the type of projects we create at Mekudeshet,” says the concert honcho.

Haredi hydroponics

Technology and sustainability meet at the Diaspora Yeshiva.

Colonialism revisited

The steamroller ethos adopted by European colonialists, and their denigration of other cultures, particularly from the 3rd World, is the theme of a video work by New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana.

Calling all Mancunians

Unraveling the mystery of Manchester House, an edifice on Hebrew University’s Givat Ram campus with an intriguing history.

Beauty past and present

“45 Israeli jewelry makers have created items that engage with, and respond to, Islamic jewelry from the museum’s collection,” Fishof said.

Cyclists get tunnel vision, for a day

While the municipality and the GFNY organizers celebrate the major international cycling slot here, the powers-that-be refuse to explain why it remains off limits for the cyclists.

Grapevine - Urban renewal blues

But today there is very little room to build outward; the only solution is to build upward. So Jerusalem will become a city of tall towers.

Spread forth your branches

Now we no longer have to say ‘Next year in Jerusalem,’ for we are already here

THIS WEEK IN JERUSALEM

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs

Passover cleaning

The record holder is once again Rishon Lezion, where 56% of households wash their dishes in a dishwasher.

This week in Jerusalem

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs.

Adult competencies

From the survey’s results, it can be deduced that the older the participant, the more likely he or she is likely to lack computer skills.

Till death do us part

“Yair said he wanted to do something connected to being an orphan and I said that maybe we should do something like a mass shivah (mourning event), whereby, in fact, everyone is mourning.”

CityPass, we have a problem

Yossi Havilio is taking up the case of 'harassed' light rail passengers

The right step

A wrap of events in and around Jerusalem

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion delivers on campaign promises

For all of his successes, there are also a few simmering issues of the secular-hareidi divide that he has so far cautiously kept his distance from.

Complementary medicine... in the spirit of Judaism

“Rabbis that I know,” she elaborated, “have no problem with massage and reflexology, [and using] vitamins and herbs for health. That’s what doctors always did.