Peggy Cidor

Peggy Cidor was born in Tunisia, made aliya in 1962 and grew up in Ashdod. After her army duty, she studied Philosophy and Biblical Studies at The Hebrew University. Between 1974 and 1995 she worked at the IBA, first at Kol Israel and then at the TV first channel, as documentary researcher and journalist. For the last 15 years, she has been a writer on social affairs and a correspondent for municipal affairs -- first in the local Hebrew press and since 2003 for The Jerusalem Post weekly local supplement (In Jerusalem). Cidor also writes for The Jerusalem Report on culture and Jerusalem affairs. She is a widower and mother to three boys.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

This week in Jerusalem: Complex complaints

 Victorious: Moshe Lion celebrates his Feb. 27 mayoral win.

What the key players think of Jerusalem's municipal elections

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?


This week in Jerusalem: Back in action

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 Horizontal concept: New store coming to Malha Mall.

Jerusalem elections are here: Who will run Jerusalem?

Results are not expected the night or even the morning after the elections but rather a few days later – and at the latest on Sunday, March 3.

 SEAT OF municipal power in Jerusalem: Safra Square.

Who are the haredi Jews running in Jerusalem's municipal election?

In the haredi sector, there four lists competing against each other for seats on the Jerusalem city council.

 Eliezer Rauchberger, deputy mayor and head of the powerful Local Planning and Construction Committee.

Israeli or haredi Jerusalem: The municipal election race starts getting attention

ELECTION DIARY: “Israeli or ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem.” Perhaps not the best choice of words these days, when the majority of Israelis are looking for unity, the catchphrase has sparked a small flame.

 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS are postponed again– to Feb. 27.

This week in Jerusalem: Too much ticketing

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 Egged inspectors: Under scrutiny.

This week in Jerusalem: No more tickets

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 A Jerusalem municipal inspector writes out a parking ticket.

Jerusalem has UNRWA schools and the municipality has no idea

Just as in Gaza, they study from textbooks full of hatred and incitement against the State of Israel in general and against Jews in particular.

 A UNRWA funded school in eastern Jerusalem. January 29, 2024

Who are the three National Religious lists in Jerusalem's elections?

For religious Jerusalemites who generally define themselves as National Religious, there are three representative lists running for city council in the elections set for the end of this month

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Jerusalem elections: How are parties drumming up support?

A few meetings are being held among supporters, a visual campaign is starting to flood the streets of Jerusalem. A certain awakening is taking place.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

This week in Jerusalem: Marathon is a go!

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 LACE UP those running shoes because the Jerusalem Marathon is on for March 8.