Julie Steigerwald

Julie Steigerwald is the online news desk manager at the Jerusalem Post. She has a BA in International Communications from Indiana University, and moved to Israel in 2010. She now resides in Tel Aviv.

Karmiel Dance festival

Saddle up for the Golan Country Festival

Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad speaks to members of the UN Security Council

City Notes: Yazidi Nobel nominee will give first Israel address

Muslim pilgrims take pictures for the pilgrims as they pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca

'Israel seeking direct Saudi flights for pilgrims'


British royals to visit Holocaust sites on Europe tour

Prince William, Kate Middleton are due to visit site of a Nazi concentration camp, Berlin Holocaust Museum during visit to Germany, Poland.

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge

Rejoice in opera in Acre’s Old City

Visitors from Israel and abroad are expected to flock to the spectacular cultural event nestled in the ancient structure that has been deemed a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Take in soloists from the Israeli Opera

City Notes: Haifa celebrates 10th LGBT Pride Parade

Haifa’s festive Pride Parade on June 30 will end with a blowout concert at Mount Carmel National Park.

Tel Aviv’s mall marvel

Visitors will be pleased to find that the usual crowds and unbearable lines found at Tel Aviv’s other shopping centers rarely occur at the fashion mall.

TLV Fashion Mall

City Notes: Far East to Mideast

Tel Aviv to host Chinese film festival

Israelis fly kites on Rosh Hashana

Israel Ballet takes on Edith Piaf

The Israeli dance company presents an original production based on the life and music of one of France's most recognizable stars.

The Israel Ballet's performance of 'Piaf'

City Notes: Sderot film festival hits the big screen

The cultural highlights countrywide.

The renowned Cinema South Festival addresses the area’s mixed populations

Car blaze at Las Vegas Chabad center investigated as hate crime

Local firefighters said multiple vehicles in the parking lot at the Chabad Jewish Center of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada were torched late on Monday night.

Police tape in Las Vegas [Illustrative]

City Notes: Haifa Stairs Race to hit the road running

A round up of current events from around the nation.

Thousands of participants are expected to lace up their shoes for the 3.5-km. Haifa Stairs Race

City Notes: Run for a good cause in haifa

Thousands of people are expected to hit the pavement and run for a good cause at the donor-sponsored “Get Out and Run” event in Haifa on April 21.

Getting out and running in Haifa