Frits on March 2nd, 2010

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.

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Frits on February 17th, 2010

On Friday, February  26th (from 12:00 until 17:00), the 3rd Rothschild Street Party will take place with street acts, live-bands and a lots of cold beer. Be there, it will be AWESOME, just like last time! :)

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Frits on February 11th, 2010

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 [...]

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Frits on January 31st, 2010

In two days we will know if the Israeli film: Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani will be nominated for an Oscar.
For all the people who saw, or will see this awesome movie about the Ajami-neighborhood in Jaffo, I recommand an outstanding book about the Arab-Jewish history of Jaffo: “City of Oranges : [...]

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Ed on January 28th, 2010

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 [...]

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