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Books Throwback Thursday: Novellas About Sexy Tel Aviv
Regina Kolitz // Copyright Forward Association Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. Publisher Heinrich H. Glanz created the Juedisch-Politische Bibliothek [Jewish-Political] series of books in Vienna before it was “confiscated” after Nazi Anschluss in 1938. After emigrating to…
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Food Magic Moments at a Tel Aviv Soda Shop
Inside Levinsky 41 with Neta Maoz (left), who works in the shop, and owner Benny Briga (right). Photograph by Shulie Madnick. One and a half year old Levinsky 41 is a bright, artisanal soda shop nestled in the historic Levinsky Spice Market, in the shadows of the old bus station in southern Tel Aviv. A…
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Fast Forward Reform and Conservative Shuls Gain Ground in Israel
(Religion News Service) — At Beit Daniel, a Reform synagogue in Israel’s secular metropolis, 75 members gather for the Friday evening Sabbath service, led by a female rabbi and a guitar-strumming cantor. Long used to new faces and numerous Hebrew accents, the congregation these days is getting even more diverse. That’s because even as Israel…
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Israel News African Immigrants Cheer Israel Court Decision Shutting Jail
Asylum-seekers Detained in Israel’s Desert from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. For African immigrants living in South Tel Aviv, there is only one fate they dread almost as much returning to their troubled homelands: being sent to Holot, a spartan detention center deep in the Negev desert. Israel’s high court handed the community a huge…
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Opinion Gay Party Organizers Use ISIS Imagery in Ads
Drek’s ISIS-inspired party poster / Facebook Advertising is a tough business. People are busy. Getting them to come out to your event can be hard. But does that justify using ISIS imagery to gain publicity for your party? Tel Aviv’s popular gay party organizers, Drek, apparently think so. In recent advertising, they used imagery from…
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The Schmooze Lady Gaga Greets Tel Aviv Fans With ‘Shalom’ Video
Lady Gaga issued a short video in advance of her performance in Tel Aviv, greeting her fans with “Shalom.” “Shalom, Israel,” the American pop star said in the 10-second video. “I’m so excited to perform my new tour in Tel Aviv.” The performer’s manager announced Sunday that the Sept. 13 concert would go on as…
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Fast Forward 15% of Tel Aviv Groceries To Open on Shabbat
The Tel Aviv municipality passed a by-law that will allow some grocery stores to remain open on Shabbat. Under the measure passed Sunday, about 15 percent of the city’s grocery stores will receive permission to remain open on Saturdays. They will be spread out throughout the city, with fewer open in areas that are more…
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Fast Forward Gaza Deal Reached for New 72-Hour Truce
A Palestinian official said on Sunday agreement had been reached on a new 72-hour Gaza ceasefire. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel or Hamas, the dominant movement in the Gaza Strip, that a truce had been agreed. “The Israeli and the Palestinian sides have agreed to the new 72-hour truce to begin serious negotiations…
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