Danny Lerner‘s new film: Kirot (“Walls”) will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. It will be screened in the so called City to City section, that will feature 10 films focusing on the cinema in Tel Aviv in honor of the city’s 100th anniversary. Kirot stars Bond girl Olga Kurylenko and Israeli singer Ninet… Read more →
If you are looking for a nice souvenir from Tel Aviv, or a present for your foreign friends or relativies on a visit at Tel Aviv Centennial go to Frishmanstreet 21 (near Ben-Yehoeda Street). There you will find in the ShenArt Gallery the first poster (50 x 70 cm) Stephane designed about 100 Years Tel Aviv and his Bauhaus-buildings. A… Read more →
Because of the Centennial celebrations in Tel Aviv, Time-Out magazine and Castro Fashion decided to put together: “The Tel Aviv Hall of Fame”: a compilation of 100 individuals, coined the Centennial Hundred. It honors the city’s luminaries – people who’ve shaped and molded its cultural and physical landscape from 1909 until today. Some of the honoured people are e.g.: Akiva… Read more →
Paul Anka, today 68 years old, will give one concert in the Mann-Auditorium in August, was announced today. Paul Anka (‘Put your hand on my shoulders’) was 50 years ago the most populair foreign singer in Israel. Until today you hear his songs on the local radio and a song like ‘You Are My Destiny’ is still played during wedding-parties…. Read more →
A festive stamp created by the Israel Postal Authority for the opening of the centennial year combines the three colors that represent Tel Aviv: white, blue and green. Each color reflects a different facet of the urban mosaic of the city: white corresponds with Tel Aviv’s historical and cultural legacy (the White City architecture); blue represents Tel Aviv’s character as… Read more →
Congratulations, Darling! We Love You! ;-) This ‘fireworks’ is for You! Mazzal Tov! :-D
This evening, April 10, Israeli TV reported that Leonard Cohen is (sof, sof) coming to Tel Aviv. Date: September 24. Details soon. Cohen cancelled a show in Tel Aviv, last year.
The shelves of Steimatzky bookstores are filled with new books/albums (in Hebrew until now) about the 100 year history of Tel Aviv. Nearly everyday, you will find a new title, e.g.: Days of Light and Magic, 1909-1931 (238 pages) by Ravik Rosental Tel Aviv Exposed (302 pages ) by Yossi Golberg Tel Aviv City Guide (293 pages), Mapa Publishers Tel… Read more →
“I was born in 1910 in Ahuzat Bayit, at 24 Ahad Ha’am Street. I was one of the first kids born in Tel Aviv and the oldest of five siblings, children of Menhaem and Dvora Gilutz, who were among the founders of the city. I have a strong love and admiration for the people who came together and build Tel… Read more →
