Danielle Ziri
By Danielle Ziri
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News Blind Supreme Court Justice To Run NYC Marathon
The 2015 New York City Marathon was be the 19th that Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein runs in his lifetime. Bernstein loves running, but while for most people it is a way to free the mind, for him, it demands very intense and constant concentration. He was born blind. “The way that it works…
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Opinion Now, Sadly, France Knows How It Feels To Be Israeli
Relatives mourn during the funeral for Emanuel and Miriam Riva in Tel Aviv, Israel / Getty Images I spent my weekend glued to the television. Even if I’d tried, I couldn’t have taken my eyes off the images of Paris: that kosher supermarket and that video of a policeman on the ground getting shot in…
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The Schmooze Justin Timberlake in Tel Aviv, A Love Letter
Dear JT, No one — not even the Biebz — has ever made me feel what you did the other night. And you know I have a thing for baby-faced blondes. I have to admit that I worried when you turned up late. I was really afraid you were going to pull a Rihanna on me. But…
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Food Snacks To Help You Survive Passover
We’re half way through Passover and if you’re anything like me, you’re starting to crave all of those delicious carbs that the Atkin’s diet and the rabbis frown upon this time of year — bread, pastries, cake, pizza, pasta and even beer. In Israel, food companies and some creative chefs have found ways around the…
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Food Chocolate Shwarma — Is This Necessary?
New food crazes pop up every few months in Israel: chocolate-filled syringes, the cupcake, the kurtosh (a Hungarian cylinder shaped cake which comes in many flavors), and even the cronut made its debut in Tel Aviv this year. So it was only a matter of time until someone created a gimmicky dessert with Israeli sugar…
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Food A Taste of Paris Comes to Tel Aviv
Photo: Lauren Tolila What did Israeli restaurant-goers and French President Francois Hollande have in common this week? They probably ate the same dish. A group of 19 French chefs from some of the most prestigious restaurants in France visited Israel this week as part of the 2nd annual French gastronomy week, an event organized by…
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Food Shabbat Meals: Orange Juice Cake
Orange juice has always had an important place in my life. It started when I was about 5 years old. I spent my childhood in Gabon, Africa. The rhythm of life there is nothing like a Western developed country. We lived a calm and stress-free life. My dad used to call it “heaven.” Everyday, my…
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