Frits on January 18th, 2010

A very loveable article, I did find in the METRO (Jerusalem Post, Friday January 15th) written by Joanna Paraszcur about the Florentin neighborhood in Tel Aviv, founded almost 90 years ago by Greek immigrants: “Florentin – from Salonika to Soho”.
The neighborhood is today a new catch for real-estate developers.

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Frits on December 26th, 2009

In the Barzilay Street no.6, near the Rothschild Boulevard, you will find a beautiful restored Bauhaus (or International Style) building from 1934. It is one of the more then 4.000 International Style buildings, you will find in the inner-city of Tel Aviv, designed between 1930 and 1938.

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Frits on December 8th, 2009

This Sunday-evening, December 6th,the international premiere of Another Way, directed by Yariv Mozer, took place in the Cinematheque Tel Aviv.
Another Way is a powerful, sometimes emotional documentary with a strong message. It is the story of Noa and Mira Awad, an Israeli Jew and Israeli Arab duo, who went to the Eurovision Songfestival 2009, during [...]

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Frits on December 1st, 2009

Lonely Planet travel guide ranks Tel Aviv as the 10th best place to party (!!!) in, explaining that: “…Tel Aviv has a relaxed air, and prides itself on being gay-friendly and friendly going.” and “…Tel Aviv is a fun, free attractive city for tourists and especially for young tourists. Tel Aviv’s marketing potential is [...]

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Frits on November 20th, 2009

I did find an interesting article in Ha’aretz by Esther Zandberg about the Neve-Sha’anan neighborhood: “In transit to nowhere”.
Neve Sha’anan is the neighborhood between the old- and new Tel Aviv busstation and crowded today with foreign workers. Neve Sha’anan Street was once know as the shoe-shop street, because of the hundreds of small shoe-shops.
Esther Zandberg [...]

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