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Anat Polak

Jerusalem Online News reporter covering consumer affairs and transportation in the city, as well as citizen relations with Jerusalem City Hall.
Prof. Linda Sheavit, Head of the Institute of Nephrology at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, warns of rising kidney failure cases following hair straightening in Jerusalem

Hair Straightening in Jerusalem – Third Hospitalization

The Jerusalem Honored Citizens ceremony last year against the background of the Old City walls and the Tower of David at night

Revealed in Jerusalem: Who Will Receive the Prestigious Title?

Protesters sit on the road and block a bus in Jerusalem and nearby during ultra-Orthodox demonstrations over the draft law and money demands (Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson)

Ultra-Orthodox Demand Money, Passengers Thrown Off Buses

Hologram exhibit “The Press Conference” at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem (Photo courtesy of Friends of Zion Museum)

Prime Minister Faces Journalists – Inside a Museum

A mobile medical unit operated by the Jerusalem Municipality and Magen David Adom provides medical care to homeless people in Jerusalem

If You Were Homeless in Jerusalem – Who Would Treat You?

The opening of The Fifth Facade, Jerusalem’s first center for beneficial rooftops, on the rooftop of the Clal Building (Photo: Meital Izbicki)

Can One Rooftop in Jerusalem Change the World?

Medical supplies on a home table alongside a Jerusalem street at night with an ambulance in motion

Flu Fear in Jerusalem – Hospitals Warn of Collapse

Hadassah Mount Scopus and Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem

Major Turmoil at Hadassah: January Salaries Not Paid?

Community garden beds and urban greenery in Jerusalem representing the link between urban nature and social sustainability

Urban Ecology in Jerusalem – Community Resilience

A rain soaked bike lane and wide pedestrian walkway on Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem beside a long line of cars stuck in traffic

Bikes Over Cars – Jerusalem Prioritizes

A teenager sits atop a crane structure at a construction site near Jerusalem’s Central Bus Station as police and rescue units prepare for the operation below

Jerusalem Crane Rescue – Why Teens Take Risk?

Lion statue against the Jerusalem Old City walls: differences between Old and New Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Guide: Old City vs. New City

Black cat crossing a crosswalk near Binyanei HaUma during a Jerusalem morning

Binyanei HaUma Jerusalem – an Unexpected Morning Ritual

Graduates of ADI Jerusalem operating the accessible coffee cart in memory of Ran Dakori

Coffee Initiative in Jerusalem – Work and Remembrance

The neonatal unit at Hadassah Mount Scopus receiving a premature infant airlifted from Eilat

At Four Hours Old – Premature Baby Airlifted to Hadassah

A collection of front pages from “Yediot Jerusalem” and “mynet Jerusalem,” showing years of community reporting, local culture, and neighborhood stories in Jerusalem

Journalists in Jerusalem concerned – end of an era?

United Hatzalah ambulance and medics at the crash scene near the Chords Bridge in Jerusalem

Hard night – Jerusalem’s Shazar Tunnel

Pnina holding her newborn son with Hadassah Mount Scopus Jerusalem staff after the surrogacy birth

A Dream Fulfilled: Surrogacy at Hadassah

Inauguration ceremony of the Gandel Rehabilitation Center at Hadassah Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, attended by Israel’s President and Prime Minister

Hadassah – Israel’s Largest Rehab Center Inaugurated

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Bar-Lev Road and the Jerusalem Light Rail during a demonstration over the Israeli draft law

Footage: In Seconds, Ultra-Orthodox Block Jerusalem Road

Draft law protest in Jerusalem: Bar Ilan Street turns to chaos with burning bins, blocked buses and stone throwing

Are Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem Building a New State?

Participants of the Jerusalem March near the Old City walls

Jerusalem March 2025 – joining Europe’s great walks