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A new app called Step Hear is also making the Old City accessible for blind people - Click the link for more details.

State backs project despite opposition from transportation and environmental protection ministers, which say it is a tourist attraction that will damage city's scenery

Sonovia was founded as a start-up in 2013, following 10 years of research at Bar-Ilan University and four years of EU-funded research to fight hospital-acquired infections.

The Miss Universe contestants modeled clothes at Haboydem, a secondhand clothing store and women’s rehabilitation center that shines a spotlight on social projects in Jerusalem.

Documents obtained by Haaretz include proposals for a new neighborhood in Sheikh Jarrah, one near Damascus Gate, two near Beit Safafa, and one each in Sur Baher and Beit Hanina

Documents obtained by Haaretz include proposals for a new neighborhood in Sheikh Jarrah, one near Damascus Gate, two near Beit Safafa, and one each in Sur Baher and Beit Hanina

Israel’s Tourism Ministry worked to pour in a lot of money and effort into making this production high quality. But for the government, there’s another focus as well.

Givat Shaked would encroach on the Palestinian quarter of Beit Safafa, which is already suffering from a dire housing shortage

The Jerusalem municipality plans to transform the Palestinian Wadi Joz neighborhood into a modern high-tech center, but sensitive politics and problematic funding put the project at risk

While efforts are being made to enhance the study of Hebrew, youngsters are often taught little more than rudimentary elements by untrained teachers. Some educational experts and parents are up in arms