Ron Huldai

Global Milestone: Israel Leads the World in Smart Water Management

Tel Aviv Reaches 100% Smart Water Meter Deployment while Israel stands on 75%

 VP of Marketing Arad Israel Regev Yanai, Mei Avivim CEO Ruska Nikolaev, Arad Group CEO Gabi Yankovitz, Tel Aviv-Yafo Mayor Ron Huldai
 School smartphone bans fail to improve students' wellbeing or grades, study finds. Illustration.

Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality to gradually remove smartphones from schools, mayor announces

 AN EGALITARIAN prayer service takes place during public prayer at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, Sunday.

Rosh Yehudi association cancels gender-separate prayers due to fears of disruption

 THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE in the annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade, last June.

Pride is needed and should not be cancelled - comment


Tel Aviv mayor announces cancellation of annual Pride parade

"This is not the time for celebrations," he wrote. "132 of our sons and daughters are still kidnapped in Gaza, the circle of bereavement is expanding every day."

 Thousands participate in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 8, 2023.

Policeman accused of shooting MDA volunteer claims 'self-defense,' Mayor Huldai laments event

The fatal shooting during Saturday, which involved an off-duty police officer, resulted in the death of Jaffa resident and MDA volunteer Yaakov Tukhi.

 Police crime scene tape

Tel Aviv's bold green revolution underway in efforts to preserve the city's natural urban sites

Tel Aviv Municipality mapping natural sites & protecting animals: Public help sought to preserve green spaces, contractors to safeguard wildlife during construction by 2025.

 Yad Lebanim Grove Tel Aviv

Lion victorious in Jerusalem in landslide victory; Huldai wins in Tel Aviv

With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.

 Moshe Lion in a speech on February 27, 2024.

Israel municipal elections: Polls close amid extremely low turnout

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv expressed his support for former Yesh Atid minister Orna Barbivay, who is running against incumbent mayor Ron Huldai.

 Campaign posters at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024

Tel Aviv mayor boycotts light rail ceremony: 'It should also operate on Shabbat'

The Tel Aviv mayor will, however, arrive for the first ride on Friday with the first passengers.

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai attends the annual international Municipal Innovation Conference in Tel Aviv, February 19, 2020

Orna Barbivay announces campaign for Tel Aviv mayor, will quit Knesset

The Yesh Atid MK announced her run to unseat Ron Huldai, who "must show responsibility and drop out of the race," Barbivay said.

 Yesh Atid MKs Orna Barbivay and Yair Lapid announce the former's run for mayor of Tel Aviv on June 21, 2023

Grapevine June 18, 2023: Kudos to Karine

Elharrar is proof that when people are judged on what they can do rather than what they can’t, they can go a very long way.

 KARINE ELHARRAR

Avi Maoz: NYC Mayor treats yeshivas better than Tel Aviv Mayor

Maoz quoted a speech made by NY Mayor Eric Adams, specifically citing Adams's pledge of support for yeshivas.

 NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

Over 115 mayors, heads of councils call on Israeli public to preserve Remembrance Day sanctity

Echoing calls from national politicians, local governments call for unity and respect during Remembrance Day ceremonies.

 STANDING AT attention during the siren on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Tuesday in Jerusalem. With all due respect to moments of remembrance, take personal responsibility to adopt a survivor, says the writer.

Grapevine March 22, 2023: The quest for a legacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Eilat Lieber, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Dame Vivien Duffield and President Isaac Herzog.