From Globes. The shekel is strengthening today against the dollar and weakening against the euro. In late morning inter-bank trading, the shekel-dollar exchange rate is down 0.37% against the dollar at NIS 3.684/$ and up 0.26% against the euro at 4.180/€. Click on here to read more.

( The New IsraelB App – Click on here to install the new IsraelB App on  your phones.) I didn’t vote for Berkovitch in the first round and like many other friends of mine would have rather seen Elkin in the second round, where especially if he would have joined with Dietch they would have been able to build […]

From Jerusalem Post. Is Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg moving to Tel Aviv? Or is he just looking to make more friends? Regardless of the reason, Zuckerberg has turned some heads in recent days by joining the popular Facebook group Secret Tel Aviv – an online hub for English-speakers in the coastal city. Click […]

As usual on Wednesday nights. Sivan Rahav Meir, at Heichal Shlomo at 9pm.

Ramban Bet Midrash, Tuesday night: This Tuesday at the Beit Midrash: 20:00-21:00 * Chabura learning Nechama Leibowitz on the parsha * chabura learning Ein Aya, led by Chanoch Ne’eman. Everyone (including first timers) is welcome to join. * Open individual learning and chavrutot in the Beit midrash 21:00- light refreshments followed by a shiur by […]

( The New IsraelB App – Click on here to install the new IsraelB App on  your phones.) Rav Yaakov Medan is giving a shiur tonight at the Katamon Shteiblech, 8.30, in Ivrit.

From Jerusalem Post. Mayoral candidates in several of the towns holding a second round of voting on Tuesday complained to the police that their rivals were defrauding local residents. Fifty-five municipalities and local councils throughout the country, from Kiryat Shmona in the North to Eilat in the South, held runoff elections two weeks after the […]

Jerusalem Post. Shas leader Arye Deri did not hide anything when he was caught on tape last week calling himself the new landlord of Jerusalem. Deri’s first name means Lion in Hebrew, and he made clear that if Lion would be elected, he would be the one doing the roaring for the mayor. Click on here […]

From Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem city councilman Moshe Lion defeated councilman Ofer Berkovitch in a close race for Jerusalem mayor early Wednesday, with nearly all of the 200,000 votes cast counted. Lion had a lead of some 6,000 votes over Berkovtich in a race that was impacted by a rift inside the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community. Shas leader Arye […]