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Documentary The Flat wins an Ophir Award 2011

September 25th, 2011 | Comments Off

Last Thursday-evening 98 minutes documentary The Flat, directed by Arnon Goldfinger received the Award for Best Documentary at the Ophir Awards 2011 (the ‘Israeli Oscars’). It is the story about the grandparents of Arnon, who were living on the 3rd. floor of a Bauhaus building at 31, Gordon Street in Tel Aviv. Arnon says about his documentary: “…My grandparents lived on the 3rd. floor since 1935, when they immigrated to Palestine. The flat was furnished with … Read entire article »

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Gala premiere of The Queen Has No Crown in Cinematheque Tel Aviv

June 9th, 2011 | Comments Off

On June the 16th (20.00) the gala premiere of ‘The Queen Has No Crown’, directed by Tomer Heymann and produced by Tomer and Barak Heymann, will take place in Cinematheque Tel Aviv as a part of the TLVfest 2011. The documentary, that had its world-premiere at the 61st. Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale 2011), is a personal story about his family, his strong mother, his father who divorced after 33 years of marriage and his four … Read entire article »

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Photo’s of Tel Aviv Fever editor in Dutch Playboy Magazine

March 7th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Tel Aviv Fever editor Ed Hofschreuder was asked to provide photo’s of Tel Aviv to illustrate an article about the Israel/Tel Aviv experience of Dutch Playboy Magazine editor Jan Heemskerk, chief editor Marcel Langedijk and friend Joel Fresco under the title: “Playboy’s Wild Weekends” It is a fun story with mixed feelings of the three, but the overall question, “Is Israel no fun?” is answered in the article: “Are you crazy? Israel is fantastic. They are only a bit fanatic about … Read entire article »

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No English noodles in Giraffe Tel Aviv

December 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment

While walking to the Cinemateque Tel Aviv to see the rewarded movie I Shot My Love, we walked by a restaurant where the people were waiting in line to get a table. This was nothing new, but the place looked nice, so it glued to our memory. A week later we tried to eat something somewhere with our friend Michal. After trying some other places we accidentaly got to the same place that we passed last … Read entire article »

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Information Center of the Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Jaffa [non-paid advertorial ;-) ]

November 29th, 2010 | Comments Off

If you are visiting Tel Aviv for the first time or even for a second or more times it is wise to visit the friendly people at the Information Center of the Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Jaffa… They can tell you lots of things about Tel Aviv, for instance the free guided tours on Tuesdays, cycling in Tel Aviv…. And there is a lot of material which is refreshed every day. When we were there they … Read entire article »

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Cyclist in Tel Aviv: Kings of the Pavement

November 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

I love cycling, I love Tel Aviv, but the combination of the two is a bit complicated. Being in Tel Aviv for two great weeks again made me realize that cyclist in Tel Aviv are the Kings of the Pavement. Okay, at least, this is what they think… With high speed, with ringing bells, getting mad and having no respect for pedestrians they rule the pavement as their kingdom. This is quite an experience. As a … Read entire article »

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Telavivians and their dogs

November 13th, 2010 | 5 Comments

Something that caught my eye and brain is that there are so many dogs in Tel Aviv now… And their owners are in the age of more or little after military service…. Would it be instead of kids or just as in-between? ;) I was pleasantly surprised about the fact that the streets are still so clean. I see quite some dogs (sorry: dog owners) that need some lessons, but there is almost no dog stuff on the street. Well done! (or did I miss something? ;-) If so, please tell me!) … Read entire article »

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If you could choose…

January 17th, 2010 | 5 Comments

…where would you be… If you see this weather… ;-) I know where I would like to be! Tell us: What about you?! (yes, even when I know there is heavy rain coming to Tel Aviv ;-) ) … Read entire article »

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Museum or wedding hall?

January 15th, 2010 | 2 Comments

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art will host another ‘society‘ wedding on its premises this month. It looks like that the museum-director prof. Mordechai Omer is using the museum the last few month as a private ‘playground’ for his elite-friends. Seven month ago he used the museum for the wedding of Erez Navon, the son of former president Yitzhak Navon (rent for the space was $25.000 ) and this month, January 25th, the wedding will take place of the daughter of Hanina Brandes (law firm Naschitz Brandes). I understand that the museum is using his premises for video-art parties, jazz-concerts e.g.: we are talking about art!! But what has a ‘society’ wedding to do with art? During the last wedding the museum closed its doors to the … Read entire article »

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Oh So Arty in Elle Belgique

December 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments

In the Elle Belgique, the french language fashion-magazine, you will find in the December 2009 issue an article about Tel Aviv and the beautiful blog of Sarah Pequine (from in Belgium, and living now in Tel Aviv): Oh So Arty, about art in Tel-Aviv. … Read entire article »

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Conference on Genocide Prevention at Tel Aviv University

November 9th, 2009 | 2 Comments

On November 17th and 18th, Tel Aviv University (TUA) will host a event about Genocide Prevention. On the 17th, at 18:00 there will be a preview of the film: Last Survivor, directed by Michael Pertnoy, who will attend the screening with two survivors of the film. The film will be released in 2010. For more information call: Romi Kaplan ( 052-3816854). The courage to care , the time to learn, the commitment to act … Read entire article »

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Travel: A weekend in Tel Aviv should never end

November 4th, 2009 | Comments Off

A nice and good PR-article about Tel Aviv, I did find in the Scotland on Sunday of November 3rd, written by Ruth Walker: Travel: a weekend Tel Aviv. She writes: “It’s no wonder the New York Times calls it the coolest city in the Middle-East..” She finish her article with: “…Tel Aviv leaves me wishing it would never end. And planning when the next one can start..” (!!) … Read entire article »

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Hotel with Fine Art

August 29th, 2009 | Comments Off

Yesterday, I did find this article in the Jerusalem Post (August 27th) by Ruth Beloff about the beautiful, new boutique-hotel: ART+Hotel at the Ben Jehuda Street no.35. She wrote: “…It was food for thought as I entered the hotel and began to absorb the bold colors, soft Jazz and pleasant scent of the lobby…” … Read entire article »

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