This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Opinion My Mayor Thinks He Can Show ‘Who Owns Jerusalem’ — With a Cable Car
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat declared recently that new transportation arrangements for the city have been designed to “cause the wider world to understand who really owns the city.” Barkat was describing his proposed project to create a new tourist entrance into the Old City by building a cable car up from David’s City through the…
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Life On the Jewish Valentine’s Day, Creating a Crowdsourced Map of Jerusalem’s Love Stories
The modern city of Jerusalem has been described many ways — divided, religious, tense and inspiring — but romantic isn’t one typically one of them. Now, in time for the Jewish love holiday of Tu b’Av on August 19, the Jerusalem municipality is promoting Jerusalem as a city of love by creating a crowd-sourced map…
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Fast Forward Jordan King Blasts Jewish Extremist Push on Temple Mount
Jordan’s King Abdullah II vowed to fight against “repeated violations and attacks carried out by Israel and extremist groups.” The king accused Israel of attempting to “violate the sanctity and compromise Al-Aqsa mosque,” and added, “Our responsibility towards the Muslim holy places in Jerusalem is our top priority in the international arena, and we use…
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Life Can These Newly Ordained Rabbis Upend the Status Quo in Israel?
Bitya Rozen-Goldberg had no idea she wanted to be a rabbi when she immigrated to Israel from France 11 years ago. In the years since settling in Jerusalem, the 33-year-old tour guide studied Talmud in numerous female settings. But as “female rabbi” has long been an oxymoron in the Orthodox world, she never thought she…
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Israel News The Bible Is Their Textbook: Jerusalem Group Trains Priests for Third Temple
A Jerusalem group plans to open the first school of its kind to train priests to serve in a third Jewish temple, which they hope to see erected on Jerusalem’s most contested holy site. The Temple Institute’s priest training program is the group’s latest effort to prepare for and hasten the creation of a third…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Pride Stabber Rearrested Over New Plot
JERUSALEM — Yishai Schlissel, who is serving a life sentence for stabbing six marchers at last year’s Jerusalem Pride Parade and killing a 16-year-old, was arrested in prison for a violent plot against this year’s march. Israel Police cleared for release Thursday, hours before the scheduled start of the march, that Schlissel was arrested in…
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Opinion By Boycotting Gay Pride, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Is Endorsing Hate
One day before Jerusalem’s gay pride parade and one year after the murder of 16-year-old Shira Banki by an ultra-Orthodox homophobe, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has announced that he will not attend the parade. His stated reason: not wanting to “be part of something that offends the ultra-Orthodox.” Barkat, give me a break. You must…
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Fast Forward Family of Pride Parade Stabber Banned from City During March
The family of the man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at last year’s Jerusalem Pride parade has been banned from the city during this year’s march after being detained by police. The brother of Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed six marchers at last year’s parade, killing a 16-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion…
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