Another breaktrough for tourism to TLV?
The Tel Aviv muncipality announced today that they want to host the International Gay Pride Parade in 1012. The municipaly will increase the marketing budget for attracting gay-tourism; as a part of the project an Israeli gay-bus will tour European gay festivals. See the article, yesterday published at Ynet. … Read entire article »
Ajami, the Arab-Jewish Neighborhood
Yesterday, during a bright sunny day, I visited the beautiful Ajami-neighborhood. Towards the end of the 19th century the Ajami neighborhood , stretching south of ‘Old-Jaffa’ started to be built. In the beginning of the 20th century hundreds of families, mainly Christian-Arabs, settled in Ajami. After 1948, a large Arab population from different parts of the country moved into the fast growing neighborhood, together with new Jewish immigrants from the Balkans and North-Africa. In the 1950s the Municipality of then Tel Aviv-Jaffa came with a foolish-plan to transform Ajami to a modern neighborhood. Many beautiful old homes were destroyed and a large part of the population (Arab and Jewish!) were forced (!) to leave their homes. The neighborhood conditions drastically and quickly deteriorated, while no modern infrastructure was build. Beside, … Read entire article »
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White bike rental in Tel Aviv
I have been thinking and dreaming about riding a bike in Tel Aviv before, so the decision of the finance committee of the City of Tel Aviv-Yafo to put money in the bike rental system is great news! The first white bike plan ever has been ‘developed’ by students at the end of the sixties in Amsterdam (Ask Frits all about it. He was there! ;-) – ed.) and between then and now there have been several bicycle sharing systems in different countries, the last – Vélib – in Paris, France. They all had their problems, mostly concering vandalism and theft… In Tel Aviv hey will start with 1500 bikes and 150 stations, which will be 5250 bikes and 225 stations in 10 years. I really hope they succeed, because as I said … Read entire article »
JNF Green Festival at Rothschild Blv
Like former years Keren Kayemeth LeYisrael (KKL) / Jewish National Fund (JNF) organises a green festival for Tu Bishvat in Tel Aviv. On thursday 28th and friday 29th people can be guided through different activities for the whole family by JNF guides. Adults and children can prepare and decorate flower pots and plant a tree at Rothschild Boulevard. Do not forget to register in advance. For the program and times, go HERE … Read entire article »
Florentin – from Salonika to Soho
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. … Read entire article »
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Beautifully restored at Barzilay Street
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. … Read entire article »
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There must be Another Way
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 the last Israeli military operation in Gaza and strong resistance from the left and right in Israel. It was the first time that Israel did send a Jewish/Arab duo to the Eurovision. Noa and Mira are showing, altough all the ‘troubles’, that there must be Another Way !! … Read entire article »
Tel Aviv one of World’s top party towns
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 huge.” The prestigious list was compiled by the Lonely Planet travel guide in its new book: The 1.000 ultimate Experiences. … Read entire article »
In Transit to Nowhere
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 writes: “…If we planners had understood that Neve Sha’anan was an inseparable part of the city and not a transit point, perhaps we would have know how to answer the real needs of a neighborhood and people who live there”. … Read entire article »
Walking with Irgoen Oleh Holland
On Friday 6th and 13th of November, I took a group (64 people all together) of Irgoen Oleh Holland (The Dutch new immigrant organization) for a walking tour of historic Tel Aviv: the architecture in the Neo-Classic, Neo-Romantic, Eclectic and Bauhaus or International Style. At the end of the 3 hours tour, the group received a light lunch at the first kiosk of Tel Aviv (1909), now restored at the corner of Herzl Street and Rothschild Boulevard. … Read entire article »
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The Salute at Tel Aviv University
During the Conference on Genocide Prevention at the Tel Aviv University, Hadas Tapouchi (director, producer) will screen her new movie The Salute (Moel-Yad) on Wednesday, November 18th, 18:30. The documentary: The Salute gives you an analysis of Israeli society, a social experiment that provides an insight into Israeli past and present. … Read entire article »
The worst show in town
A very good commentary I did find in Ha’aretz, November the 6th: “The worst show in town” about the ‘rape’ (so called restoration) of our national theater building Habima by the (so called) architect Ram Karmi. The editor of Ha’aretz wrote,e.g: “When every city resident wanting to expand a window or close off a balcony must go trough the purgatory of municipal red tape, it is puzzling that such brutal, environment-altering structure could have emerged (an enormous block of concrete, sealed by walls, rising like a dam along the street) in such an attractive part of central Tel-Aviv…” … Read entire article »
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Foreign billionaire buys Tel Aviv flat for $7 million
Tel Aviv luxury towers continue to attract wealthy people from around the world. A Jewish billionaire purchased an apartment (600 square meters) at the new to build luxury tower at the Rothschild Boulevard no.17 (near Ahad-Ha’amstreet). The two old buildings (in the front of the tower) will be preserved. The tower will include 64 apartments. The land was purchased in February 2000 from the Banin family and the entire deal, including the land purchase, cost of construction and restoration of the two old buildings, is valued at….$121 million (!) … Read entire article »
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