Jerusalem

Jerusalem Diary: Hummus wars

BBC News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Franks sends the latest edition of his diary from Jerusalem.

Bull's Blood at Jerusalem Liquors

THE METHODS REPORTER (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago

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Jerusalem, Enron Are Among Evening Standard Winners

ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

"The head and shoulders winner at this year's awards was the Royal Court theatre - it dominated the shortlists with 11 nominations and won four with awards for two of the most-talked about plays of the year, Jerusalem and Enron. ... Unusually, there were no wins for west end commercial theatre or the National Theatre."...

• Lenny Henry is best stage newcomer - The Guardian
• Royal Court Takes Crown at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards - Londonist

Jerusalem Syndrome

Newshoggers (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

By John Ballard Via Bernard Avishai. Sometimes tourists show up at Jerusalem's mental health centers, convinced that a voice from the heavens told them they were the messiah. The illness, commonly known as Jerusalem Syndrome, usually passes once they have left the city. However, Israelis, mostly public figures, have been afflicted with this syndrome for the past 42 years, affecting...

International Relations and Cooperation on Israeli settlement activities in East Jerusalem

New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago

South Africa's response to latest Israeli settlement activities in East Jerusalem 24 November 2009 The South African government expresses its concern at the latest round of Israeli settlement activities in East Jerusalem and registers its condemnation of Israel's approval of 900 new settlement units in the settlement of Gilo, south of East Jerusalem. South Africa is aware of the statements of the Palestinian...

Hanukkah Flash Mob in Jerusalem

MY URBAN KVETCH (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's not "Food Court Musical: All-Hummus Edition," but it's a start.

Weisz, "Jerusalem" win Standard theatre awards

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON (Reuters) - Rural English tale "Jerusalem" was named best play at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Monday, and Rachel Weisz picked up the best actress prize for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Netanyahu freezing construction bids in Jerusalem?

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Back in July, I blogged a Haaretz report that claimed that the Netanyahu government had frozen construction in Pisgat Zev, a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem that is outside the 1949 armistice lines. Now, Arutz Sheva reports that the Netanyahu government is freezing construction bids in Har Homa, another Jewish neighborhood that is outside the 1949 armistice lines, as well as in other areas that

New Jerusalem denied planning permission

NewsBiscuit (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sheffield's town planning committee has rejected a plan to rebuild the ancient city of Jerusalem on designated Green Belt land. The plan by architects Blake & Co. allegedly failed to provide social housing, while plans for a new eco-abattoir for lambs and a proposed manufacturing facility for high class cutlery also ...

Gilo is not a settlement, it's part of Jerusalem

M E N O R A H (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The Gilo neighborhood was born out of an argument between the US and Israel over the status of the capital's Jewish neighborhoods over the Green Line.Back then, in 1970, the US wanted Israel to adhere to the Rogers Plan, which...

News: Jerusalem, Weisz & Henry Scoop Standard Awards

Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Royal Court converted four of its 11 nominations in this year’s 55th annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards (See News::E8831257765671, 9 Nov 2009), which were announced today (23 November 2009) in a lunchtime ceremony held at the Royal Oper...

Obama to Israelis: Jerusalem Is a “Settlement...

LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | yesterday

Obama to Israelis: Jerusalem Is a “Settlement” – by P. David Hornik Asked by Fox News in China what he thought of Israel’s plans to build 900 housing units in the Gilo neighborhood in southeastern Jerusalem, President Obama responded : “The situation in the Middle East is very difficult, and I’ve said repeatedly and I’ll say again, Israel’s security is...

Jerusalem – United Hatzalah Medic Collapses and Dies Following Call‏

Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jerusalem – United Hatzalah volunteer Avi Challa (age 45) had just responded to a call of a shooting incident. He worked valiantly to save the young man’s life but it was not meant to be. Avi stayed on to assist to provide proper pre-funeral arrangements. While still on scene he commented that he was not [...]

Israel Orders Palestinians To Evacuate 25 Apartments North Of Jerusalem

What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) handed last night court orders to evacuate 25 Palestinian apartments in Samiramis area behind the segregation wall in the north of occupied Jerusalem. Hatem Abdelqader, the Palestinian Authority’s resigned minister of Jerusalem affairs (who seems to be still functioning in the position), said that a large number of Israeli...

Jerusalem – Photographer Behind the Shabbos Shots Is Taken By Israeli Arab

Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jerusalem – Flash 90 has had plenty of work on its hands on Motzei Shabbos in recent weeks, when all of the charedi websites pounce on the wares the veteran Jerusalem photo agency has to offer after sunset. Though many website viewers have expressed concerns the photographers were Jewish and therefore ironically the protestors could [...]