{"id":83609,"date":"2025-06-25T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=83609"},"modified":"2025-06-25T19:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T16:06:51","slug":"jerusalems-2025-book-week-returns-to-safra-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/jerusalems-2025-book-week-returns-to-safra-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem\u2019s 2025 Book Week Returns to Safra Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

After days of uncertainty and silence in Safra Square, the heart of Jerusalem is once again preparing to tell its story.
Starting Thursday (June 26), the Hebrew Book Week fair resumes full operations and will run through the end of next week<\/p>\n

Stories Amid Sirens \u2013 Culture Refuses to Retreat<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Before it was shut down by Home Front Command instructions, the square was alive with readers, writers, and families. Now, the city is bringing it all back \u2014 book stalls, author signings, children\u2019s shows, live music, and creative workshops<\/p>\n

In parallel, Jerusalem\u2019s public libraries will resume their annual “Reading Month” events, offering storytelling festivals, workshops, and quiet spaces for every age<\/p>\n

(A Piano in Jerusalem Waits: Alon Ohel Still Missing<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor\u2019s Message: Books Are Part of Our Strength<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion said
“From King David to Agnon \u2014 this city has always been the capital of words. That\u2019s why we brought Book Week back so quickly<\/em><\/p>\n

His message is clear: for Jerusalem, returning to books is not just routine \u2014 it’s resilience<\/p>\n

This Is Our Story \u2013 And It\u2019s Still Being Written<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Under the slogan \u201cThis Is Our Story,\u201d<\/em> this year\u2019s fair carries a deeper meaning
After a year and a half of war, loss, and tension, Jerusalem is choosing once again to gather around books \u2014 and to write the next chapter together<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a security pause, the book fair reopens with stories, hope, and cultural resilience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":83610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Jerusalem\u2019s 2025 Book Week Returns to Safra Square","_seopress_titles_desc":"After a security pause, the book fair reopens with stories, hope, and cultural resilience","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9320],"tags":[8747],"class_list":{"0":"post-83609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jerusalem-news","8":"tag-jerusalem-en"},"acf":{"subtitle":"After a security pause, the book fair reopens with stories, hope, and cultural resilience"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}