Shula Mula was born in Ethiopia and made aliyah with her mother and her two younger brothers in 1984. The road from Ethiopia to Israel passed through Sudan, where young Mula, then aged 12, spent two months in the very unpleasant conditions of a transit camp until a relative managed to get them out.Mula … Read more
Sanctions loom Will the Knesset sanction government offices that refuse to move to Jerusalem? Following a debate at the Economic Committee led by City Councilman Ofer Berkovitch (Hitorerut), committee chairman MK Ya’acov Margi (Shas) announced his decision to submit a bill regarding the matter. For more than nine years, Berkovitch has tried to promote … Read more
The iconic Mesila Park, connecting the neighborhoods from the Germany Colony all the way to Patt, has had its challenges during – and before – the coronavirus crisis. From sexual harassment reports and a book station burning to petty and organized crimes, one of Jerusalem’s landmarks, a symbol of coexistence and entertainment to its … Read more
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Toward the opening of the 2013 school year, Yossi Saidov, then chairman of the Gonenim local council and today a candidate for the local council’s board, was fed up. After months of fruitlessly asking the municipality to paint a pedestrian crossing on one of the neighborhood’s smallest streets, Saidov gathered some children and together … Read more
