Mike's Place

Mike’s Place bombing victim to Media Line: Hollywood shuns Israel stories

Twenty years after surviving a terrorist attack, filmmaker Jack Baxter reflects on his quest for understanding the Middle East.

 (L-R) Joshua Faudem, Will Keenan, Jack Baxter, and Felice Friedson at the press event at Mount Zion Hotel in Jerusalem.
 MIKE’S PLACE in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Highlights January 6-12

Memorial plaque to the victims of the "Mike's Place" suicide bombing that killed three victims in 2003

'I don't know why I didn't die that night,' Mike's Place suicide bombing survivor tells their story

Glass with whiskey and ice (Illustrative)

Israel Labor Court: Waitress forced to do 'body shot' sexually harassed


Mike’s Place – home for Anglo culture

Founder Mike Vigoda helped build Israeli-Anglo culture and community

The Jerusalem location of Mike's Place

Mike Vigoda, founder of the legendary Mike’s Place, dies

Originally from Toronto, Canada and a photo/ journalist by profession, the bon vivant Vigoda founded Mike’s place in Jerusalem in 1993 in a Russian Compound cubbyhole.

The Jerusalem location of Mike's Place

Where to watch Super Bowl LIII in Israel

A list of bars and venues throughout the country, plus how to watch the big game online from the Jewish state.

Mike's Place bar in Jerusalem

Israel may be absent, but locals are still crazy for the World Cup

Israel only qualified once for the World Cup, in 1970, when it ended up tying Sweden 1-1.

Fans sitting in a bar in Jerusalem watching the first game of the 2018 World Cup