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| March 25, 2014
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Tel Aviv Hosts ‘Largest Shabbat Dinner’ Attempt for New Guinness World Record

In an attempt to inspire world Jewry to connect to Shabbat in Israel’s largest city, a non-profit aims to host world record setting meal in Tel Aviv on June13th.

By Tova Dvorin

 

White City Shabbat, a non-profit organization dedicated to building Jewish life in Tel Aviv, has announced Monday that it will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Shabbat Dinner.

The dinner, which is scheduled for June 13, 2014, will be held at the Tel Aviv Port. The organization aims to host 1,000 people at the dinner, including Israelis, new immigrants, and public figures.

The guest list will reportedly include Mayor Ron Huldai, former Chief Rabbi of Israel Rav Yisrael Meir Lau, and Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan. Continue Reading »

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| February 28, 2014
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Tel Aviv Marathon won in record time by Kenyan runner

Top 3 runners all Kenyans with winner, Ezekiel Koech, 28, finishing in 2:14:40.

Despite excellent weather, 85 of 40,000 participants required medical assistance during race.

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Kenyan runner Ezekiel Koech, 28, won the Tel Aviv Marathon on Friday, finishing the race with a record-breaking time of 2:14:40.

Ezekiel Koech

Ezekiel Koech, far right, won the Tel Aviv Marathon Friday, February 28, 2014.- Photo: Hadar Cohen

The second- and third-place finishers at the 42-kilometer (26.2-mile) race were also Kenyans who came to Israel especially for the marathon.

Despite the comfortable weather Friday, 85 runners required medical treatment during the race.

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| February 27, 2014
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The 1st marathon runner was Jewish…not Greek

In honor of Friday’s Tel Aviv Marathon, we note that a run described in the bible predates the Greek myth on which modern marathons are based.

Plus: A note from Jewish Runner Hall of Fame.

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Tomorrow, Friday morning, thousands of runners will be taking to the streets. Yes, it’s the Tel Aviv Marathon, and the perfect time to debunk some myths about Jews and sports, specifically – running.

Pheidippides (Wikimedia)

Pheidippides delivering the message of victory after the Battle of Marathon, Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869.- Photo: Wikimedia

The first modern marathon was at the first latter-day Olympics, held in Athens in 1896.

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| February 4, 2014
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Tel Aviv construction site uncovered Byzantine period well

 

Work on site to continue after Byzantine period Water well unearthed during construction of medical clinic building in Tel Aviv. 

By Gilad Morag

 

Residents of the neighborhood of Ramat HaHayal in Tel Aviv were surprised to find that a well dated to the Byzantine period in Israel was unearthed in a construction site in one of the neighborhoods’ streets. The Israel Antiques Authority refused to provide details concerning the project.

construction site with Byzantine well - Ynet Screenshot: Gilad Morag

Construction site with Byzantine well – Ynet Screenshot: Gilad Morag

The findings were discovered last week, while excavation work was conducted at a construction site of a real estate project for doctors’ clinics. Continue Reading »

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| December 17, 2013
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Tel Aviv Farmers Market presents the best Israeli produce

 

Video:  In following tradition already well established in many countries, once a week at the Tel Aviv Farmers Market, farmers from across Israel showcase & test their new brands and varieties of produce to the public.

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VIDEO – The Tel Aviv Farmers Market lets farmers from across Israel showcase and test their new brands and varieties to the public once a week.

Tel Aviv Farmers' Market offers a dozen varieties of cherry tomatoes - jn1.tv screanshot

Tel Aviv Farmers’ Market offers a dozen varieties of cherry tomatoes – jn1.tv screenshot

The market was founded by Shir Halpern and Michal Ansky, best known from reality show “Master Chef,” to bring to Israel a tradition which is already well established in many countries of the world. Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2013
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Approved: 35,000 new residential units in metro Tel Aviv-Jaffa

 

Interior Ministry approves construction plans through 2025 for Tel Aviv- Jaffa.

Plan permits 35,000 new residential units, relocation of central bus station, including a high-rise construction restriction near the city center.

By Alfi Shauly

A new city plan for Tel Aviv-Jaffa was approved on Sunday, after the regional committee decided to open the plan for public discussion. The plan, which included the construction of 35,000 residential units, sets the planning direction for the city until 2025.

Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station – HaTachana HaMerkazit

The plan was created by the municipality’s engineering department and was approved by the local committee last March. Continue Reading »

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| September 11, 2013
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NEW: Tel Aviv-Jaffa launches free Wi-Fi network city-wide

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai: Free Wi-Fi project is 2nd to none in size &  scope as Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality sets up dozens of free Wi-Fi hot spots at commercial streets, shopping centers,  parks & beaches.

By Yehuda Shlezinger and Ilan Gattegno

 

Tel Aviv, the city that never sleeps, is now making sure its residents and visitors can stay connected to the Internet at all times. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality has established 60 free Wi-Fi hot spots around the city, covering a total of 3.6 square kilometers (1.4 square miles), including shopping centers, main commercial streets, parks and beaches.

A sunbather can now read ‘Israel and Stuff’ on a Tel Aviv beach – Photo: Yehoshua Yosef

The network was set up by Motorola Solutions Israel after winning the tender from the municipality.

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| August 20, 2013
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Tel Aviv has no plans to enforce Sabbath closure directive

Israel’s High Court deadline on decision – Tel Aviv must either enforce or repeal local Sabbath closure laws.

Decision looms, but so does local elections.

By Ido Efrati

 

 

Tel Aviv seems to be in no rush to begin strictly enforcing its own Sabbath closure regulations, and will likely ask for an extension on imposing the bylaw on businesses in the city that remain open between sunset Friday and sunset Saturday.

A branch of AM:PM in Tel Aviv.

The AM:PM chain of convenience stores in Tel Aviv will have to close on Shabbat following Supreme Court ruling. – Photo: Ofer Vaknin

On June 25, in response to a petition by seven Tel Aviv grocers, the High Court of Justice ordered the municipality to decide between fully enforcing the rule or rescinding it. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2013
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Report: No. 2 city for tech startups is Tel Aviv

 

 

Boston Globe names Israel’s metropolis as 2nd best city for technological startup entrepreneurs after the United States’ Silicon Valley.

Itamar Eichner

VIDEO – The Boston Globe, one of the most important newspapers in the United States, has named Tel Aviv the world’s second best city for tech startups, after Silicon Valley in California.

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Israel Air Force Flight for Israel’s 63rd Independence Day over Tel Aviv – Photo Courtesy Israel Air Force

Startup Genome, a resource for tracking and building startups, formed a list of the world’s leading high-tech cities for startup entrepreneurs. Tel Aviv precedes New York, which only made it to the fifth place, Los Angeles (3) and London (7). Continue Reading »

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| August 6, 2013
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Tel Aviv launches its first electric bus

Maintenance costs for the Chinese-built electric bus are 25% lower than the regular diesel buses and energy costs are about a 1/3.

Dan bus company plans to replace a 1/4 of its fleet with electric buses over the next 5 years at a cost of NIS 400 million ($112.6 million).

By Shlomo Diaz

 

 

The Dan bus company rolled out its first electric bus on Tuesday as part of its campaign to replace some of its current diesel-powered fleet with fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly buses.

The energy costs of the Chinese-built electric bus are one-third those of its diesel counterpart – Phot: KOKO

“Today marks the beginning of a new era in public transportation,” Dan Chairman Michael Nagar and CEO Shmuel Rafaeli said in a joint statement at the inauguration ceremony in Tel Aviv on Monday. Continue Reading »

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| July 25, 2013
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Tel Aviv Adopts Plan to Assimilate New Western Immigrants

 

A shift in demographic have caused Tel Aviv to accept “a strategy that puts more focus on the unique needs of the ‘new olim’ community.”

By BEN HARTMAN
 

 

If you’ve spent the past decade or so in Tel Aviv, you’ve probably noticed the change. The city has increasingly found itself in the global spotlight, and English speakers – once relatively rare in the city – are hard to avoid on any street corner in central Tel Aviv. Even in the city’s south and in Jaffa, native English-speakers have become a prominent fixture of the first Hebrew city.

View of Tel Aviv

View of Tel Aviv – Photo: Yoni Cohen

This influx hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Tel Aviv Municipality, which on Wednesday unveiled what it said was a “strategic plan to better integrate Western immigrants.”

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| July 6, 2013
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Tel Aviv, and its Traditional Summer Water Fight

In local municipal tradition, young & old alike, are invited to Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, to battle each other in the scorching heat with water pistols & balloons, using square’s fountain as ammunition!

By Gilad Morag

Tel Aviv‘s annual water battle has returned. Like every summer, Friday afternoon saw hundreds of Tel Avivians of all ages swarm to the city’s Rabin Square. They came armed with squirt guns, water balloons, buckets and heavy water canons.
(צילום: מוטי קמחי)

Water war. Rabin Square (Photo: Motti Kimchi)

At 3 pm, when the bell was sounded, all mayhem broke loose. Learning the lesson from years past, those attending where requested to leave their electronic devices at home, less they fall victim to water’s destructive capabilities. Continue Reading »

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| June 28, 2013
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Madonna may be house hunting in Tel Aviv

Madonna was photographed with a brochure for the Meier on Rothschild tower, a luxury housing development going up in Tel Aviv.

Is Madonna putting down roots in the Holy Land? According to Israel’s Channel 10, the answer is a resounding maybe.
Madonna at the 2013 Billboard Music Award in Las Vegas, May 19, 2013. - PR PHOTOS

Madonna at the 2013 Billboard Music Award in Las Vegas, May 19, 2013. – PR PHOTOS

While the Kabbalah devotee was not actually seen looking at properties, she was photographed holding a white folder. What, if anything, does that reveal, you might ask?

Users of a Facebook page for Israeli Madonna fans wondering the very same thing blew up the shot and discovered that this wasn’t just any white folder, but a brochure for the Meier on Rothschild tower, a luxury housing development going up in Tel Aviv. 

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| June 2, 2013
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Jewish Youths Beaten by Gang of Foreign Workers for Protecting Girl

2 Israeli youths were severely beaten Saturday evening in Tel Aviv by 4 foreign workers, when they tried to protect a girl from being attacked.

By David Lev

 

Two Israeli youths were badly beaten Saturday night in the Kiryat Shalom neighborhood of Tel Aviv by four foreign workers. The youths had been trying to protect a Jewish girl from being attacked by two of the foreign workers. The Israeli youths were badly beaten by the workers, who used rocks, bricks, and bicycle chains, and threatened to murder the Israelis if they “interfered.”

Chen Yadegar, a friend of the Israeli youths, who all attend the same high school in Tel Aviv, told Arutz Sheva about the attack. Continue Reading »

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| May 19, 2013
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UK Report: Syria Aims their missiles on Tel Aviv

Britain’s Sunday Times writes Assad’s regime sets advanced surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles on standby with orders to hit Tel Aviv if  Israel should launch another strike.

 

Analyst: Missiles ‘extremely accurate’ and can cause ‘serious harm’

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Syria has put its most advanced missiles on standby with orders to hit Tel Aviv if Israel launches another strike on its territory, The Sunday Times reported overnight Sunday.

האיום המיידי: טילי S-300 (צילום: AFP)

Russian S-300 missile – Photo: AFP

According to the British newspaper, reconnaissance satellites have been monitoring preparations by the Syrian army to deploy surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles.

An Israeli official told The New York Times that Israel, which has launched three recent attacks on Syria, was considering further strikes and warned President Bashar Assad that his government would face “crippling consequences” if he hit back at Israel. Continue Reading »

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