Moshe Lion

My Word: The art of resilience - opinion

This is the seventh Jerusalem Biennale since it was founded in 2013, and like its predecessors, it's dedicated to a theme, but individual artists have been literally creative in their interpretations

|ByLIAT COLLINS
ALEJANDRO GLATT’S ‘Mezuzah to the Moon’ exhibition at this year’s Jerusalem Biennale is an uplifting experience.
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion speaks with Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, the apostolic nuncio to Israel and the apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, at a reception for the diplomatic corps at the municipality's sukkah, Sept. 27, 2026.

Huckabee announces plan to break ground on permanent US Embassy in Jerusalem

“We will soon be breaking ground on our property to begin the construction of the US embassy that will be our permanent home rather than being spread out all over the country,” Huckabee said.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
SUSIE OZSINAY ARANYA, International Communications and Foreign Media Spokesperson for the Jerusalem Municipality

Jerusalem: One city, many voices

Ahead of The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, the Jerusalem Municipality highlights how education, culture and innovation bring the city’s communities together while preserving their distinct

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY
Streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are named after Britain’s King George V due to the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in what was then known as Palestine, which was issued during his reign.

Jerusalem deputy mayor pushes to rename King George street after UK sanctions on settlements

Deputy Mayor Aryeh King submitted the request Wednesday morning to Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, who also serves as chairman of the street naming committee.

|ByANNA BARSKY

Jerusalem parties feud over haredi schools in secular neighborhoods

What is on the agenda now is feeling among some of the city’s residents that the ultra-Orthodox representatives are establishing facts on the ground and preparing to deepen their influence.

JULY 1, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
HEBREW UNIVERSITY dorm in Kiryat Yovel, with anti-haredi graffiti, 2009 – even then, tensions were rising as the neighborhood was becoming increasingly Orthodox.

Jerusalem city councilors start their 2023 election campaigns

Jerusalem city councilors Laura Wharton and Yossi Havilio failed to unite their lists and run together, but their platforms are largely similar.

JULY 1, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
YOSSI HAVILIO, deputy mayor and city councilor in the coalition’s non-haredi wing.

This week in Jerusalem: Helpless

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

JUNE 23, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
TALPIOT: PARKING ticket hub of Jerusalem (Illustrative).

Moshe Lion, Yossi Saidov: Old West-esque rivals of Jerusalem politics

In this story, there is no good, no bad and no ugly. There is a powerful mayor who has managed to keep his 2018 election campaign promises against a simple city resident and activist.

JUNE 16, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
Illustrative of an Old West gunfight: Will good triumph over evil in our complex city of Jerusalem?

'Jerusalem is seeing a revolution' - Mayor Lion at the JPost Conference

Lion in his speech emphasized the "special bond" between the cities of New York and Jerusalem and described the many ways in which the cities cooperate.

JUNE 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, June 5, 2023.

Moshe Lion to address ties between NY-Jerusalem

His address will provide updated information about three major projects currently under development.

JUNE 4, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
MOSHE LION

Jerusalem for everyone? Tensions simmer in Israel's divided capital

While Lion tries his best to convey that the city belongs to everyone, including non-Jews who live here, the main struggles in recent days have centered around this issue.

JUNE 2, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
ACTS SUCH as spitting on Armenian priests in the Old City have become routine: A young clergyman takes part in Sunday mass.

This week in Jerusalem: Marching with Pride

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

MAY 25, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
JERUSALEM’S 21st Pride Parade will take place on June 1.

Jerusalem Day: Mayor Moshe Lion talks issues plaguing Israel's capital

Asking Mayor Moshe Lion the tough questions – on the eve of the 56th Jerusalem Day and five months before elections.

MAY 19, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Jerusalem's political drama: A mayor's longtime rivalry with an activist

The two have been enemies for close to a decade and the current chapter in the rivalry between Moshe Lion and Yossi Saidov comes following a blatant coup in Gonen.

MAY 13, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
YOSSI SAIDOV: Determined activist.