Har nof

Har Nof: Jerusalem's neighborhood of panoramas and piety

Neighborhood Corner: By the 2000s, Har Nof was synonymous with religious devotion, its streets lined with synagogues and yeshivot that catered to a range of Jewish traditions.

 An aerial view of Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood.
 Aryeh Shechopek, 16, who was killed in a bombing attack in Jerusalem on November 23, 2022

Jerusalem bombing victim Aryeh Shechopek, 16, laid to rest

 Rabbi Sholom Gold

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Har Nof to keep its name after battle between municipality and residents

Lion had ordered the name changed to Neot Yosef, after former Sephardi chief rabbi and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

A view of the Har Nof neighborhood, Jerusalem

Wife of Har Nof terrorism victim: neighborhood name change ‘disrespectful’

‘This was a terrorist attack on us, and it shows contempt for all of us in the neighborhood that they want to erase the name of the neighborhood’

har nof ceremony 7 days after terror attack

Har Nof (Neot Yosef) residents continue to fight name change

An event to protest the decision was planned for Sunday at the Jerusalem City Hall as the city's naming committee would be meeting, but on Thursday the committee announced that it was delayed.

A view of the Har Nof neighborhood, Jerusalem

Har Nof name change approved amid stormy committee meeting

About 30 residents of Har Nof representing multiple different religious and ethnic sectors attended the meeting.

A view of the Har Nof neighborhood, Jerusalem

Har Nof against ‘dictatorial’ decision to change neighborhood's name

One resident called on representatives of the community to “leave political considerations out of the neighborhood and find other obligations – for your own good.”

A construction site in the neighborhood of Har Nof, Jerusalem. Nov 18, 2015

Before Pittsburgh: The nine worst global attacks on Jewish sites

Most of the attacks were either not condemned as specifically antisemitic attacks, or their perpetrators were not found or were quietly deported.

Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue, a day after 11 Jewish worshippers were shot dead in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2018

Jeremy Corbyn pictured with mastermind of Har Nof synagogue massacre

The picture was taken at a 2014 wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate Palestinian “martyrs" in Tunisia.

 Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn

Grapevine: Paris is everywhere

News briefs from around the nation.

French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnave at the Jerusalem Post's Diplomatic Conference

Second Har Nof terrorist’s east Jerusalem home demolished

The residence located in Jebl Mukaber, was evacuated and cordoned off on Wednesday and then razed by government bulldozers.

WORSHIPERS GATHER at the Har Nof synagogue that was the site of a brutal terror attack

Family home of Har Nof synagogue massacre terrorist sealed

"This kind of collective punishment is not moral," says east Jerusalem portfolio head.

Worshippers at Kehillat Bnei Torah Synagogue in Har Nof‏

Books: Touching History — The Memoirs

Rabbi Sholom Gold tells the story of his very active, communally involved life as he swam in the historically exciting waters in which he lived.

Shalom Gold