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‘Tel-Aviv, then and now’
The famous ‘seashell’ lottery on April 11th 1909 has became an emblem of Tel Aviv’s mythology and history and the picture that was made about this event by Avraham Soskin. On April 17, next week, the descendants of the founders will gather in the ‘Charles Clore Park’ (see below) to reenact this famous photograph, together with descendants of the city builders and prominent figures alongside thousands of residents. On of the decedants of the founders (his grandparents) is Jeremy Ben-Ami, living today in Washington. So next week, Jeremy will come to Tel Aviv to take part in this photo shoot. In the ‘International Herald Tribune’ of today, April 10, Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote an article under the headline: “Tel-Aviv, Then and Now”. [edit: The location for the Centennial Photo has been changed. The NEW LOCATION … Read entire article »
Filed under: centennial, events, history, photography, TA Fever
‘Stuff’ for one 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 Aviv-Yafa: from garden suburb to a world city (486 pages) by Baruch A. Kipnis Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv ( 239 pages ) by Mordechai Naor. We wish you many, many hours of wonderful reading… … Read entire article »
Filed under: books, history, life, photography, TA Fever
Castro Tel Aviv re-launched
The fashion chain Castro (men’s and woman’s clothing, cosmetics) invested NIS 8 million ($2 million) in their new flagship store at Dizengoff-Center ( the store was first opened in 1985). This month the store will host a exhibit marking Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary and launch a collection inspired by the first hebrew city. The new store was designed as a loft by architect Uri Ben Dror of studio mu, and will now offer personal styling services, music listening posts and a stand for ordering concert tickets. There will be a ‘Tel Aviv’s Hall of Fame‘ honoring the 100 most significiant people in the history of Tel Aviv. A new collection of shirts inspired by Tel Aviv will be sold exclusively in the store. Castro fashion was founded in 1973 by … Read entire article »
Legend in the Dunes
A 50 segments special documentary Legend of the Dunes is made by film director Yaakov Gross, to celebrate Tel Aviv’s birthday (1909 – 2009). There are scenes of the Britsh High Commissioner Herbert Samuel (1920) seen visiting the Gymnasium Herzliya; scenes about the disarry at the dedication of the Great Synagoge (1933) at Allenby Street; the visit to Tel Aviv (1925) by Lord Balfour and General George Allenby (1933) and…the famous ‘lottery’ for building plot’s in the dunes, 3 km. north of Jaffa on April 11th 1909. The documentary is made in cooperation with the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive. … Read entire article »
The first ‘kiosk’ of Tel Aviv
If you live in Tel-Aviv, or you are a visitor, you have to visit the first ‘kiosk’ (1909) of Tel Aviv at the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Herzl Street. The kiosk was restored in the year 2000 thanks to a gift by the Hackmey family. By the way, it is said that the kiosk serves the best espresso in Tel Aviv. … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, history
The Good Old Days
Old timers recall Tel Aviv in the early days: an article by Dina Kraft (JTA) “…I used to joke to my husband every time we walked down it that we were walking on MY street…” (Rafaella Dizengoff Rivlin) [Find the article HERE at JewishTimes.com] … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, history, life
Haim Nahman Bialik
A beautiful article today in the ‘Ha’aretz Weekend edition’ (March 27th 2009) about Israeli national poet Haim Nahman Bialik. “At midday on March 29th 1909, just days before the neighborhood ‘Ahuzat Bayit’ (Tel Aviv) was founded nearby, a ship docked at Jaffa with a national poet on board. Haim Nahman Bialik had arrived in the Land of Israel and its Jewish residents went wild…”. [article at Ha'aretz.com] … Read entire article »
Filed under: history, literature
The Gordon Pool
Two years ago the Municipality of Tel-Aviv razed the historic 54 year-old Gordon swimmingpool without any prior warning. The pool, placed not far from Gordon-beach was the popular pool for the old bohemians of Tel-Aviv; the salt water was demarcated by lush lawns, which would offer a beautiful view of the valley. The forceful manner by which the municipality has conducted itself, without any manners or sensitivity of the historic vallue for the place and its customers (some more then 40 years!!), is revolting. A few weeks ago I watched a 20 minutes raw cut of a documentary about the last two years of this historic pool, made by the film-director Ronen Schechner: it is moving, heart-breaking; Gordon pool was for this people their home. Ronen is looking for sponsor to finish this important documentary … Read entire article »
Achitecture 1909 – 1948
Find our first and BIG page on Tel-Aviv architecture HERE … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture
TEL AVIV: For Ever Young
On a sunny afternoon, April the 11th 1909, 150 man, woman and children left the over-crowded port-city of Jaffa and walked 3 km north trough the hot, burning sand to a spot were they decided about the future of today’s Tel Aviv. Within a few month the first houses for those 66 families were build (Herzl, Jehuda-ha Levie and Lilienblum-street). As for today Tel Aviv-Jaffa population hit an all-time high of 391.300 inhabitants, still quite small compare to cities in Europe and the States. But this small city is an open minded city, free of spirit and always on the move. Just read what international magazines and papers wrote the last few years about the city: In January 2008 the leading French fashion magazine Vogue dedicated three flattering articles about Tel Aviv … Read entire article »
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