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The Schmooze Public Transportation on the Sabbath?
Of all the ways that religion impacts the Israeli public sphere, the lack of public transportation in most of the country on Sabbaths and religious holidays has possibly the largest week-to-week impact on people’s lives. It means that those who don’t have their own vehicles can’t get far from home on these days. The difficulty…
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The Schmooze Shack Up in a Tel Aviv ‘Pixel Hotel’
It used to be that if someone asked you if you wanted to shack up on the beach in Tel Aviv, there would have been a good chance they were rudely propositioning you. But now, they could very well be assisting you in making upscale hotel reservations for your trip to the Big Orange. Looking…
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The Schmooze Tel Aviv Museum Ordered To Provide Arabic Signs
Crossposted from Haaretz Culture Minister Limor Livnat announced Wednesday that she had ordered the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to install signs in Arabic by the end of February, after a Haaretz probe last week revealed that half of the Israeli museums required to provide visitors with Arabic explanations fail to do so despite government…
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The Schmooze Tel Aviv Makes ‘Most Creative City’ List
Tel Aviv had the honor on Thursday to be named one of the world’s most innovative cities, alongside London, Sydney, Stockholm and Shanghai. A special report by Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper proclaimed that “while Tel Aviv is small, it’s one giant innovation engine.” “The entire population of Israel may only number seven million—smaller than…
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The Schmooze Terrorist’s Widow Treated in Tel Aviv Hospital
Being the widow of one of the Middle East’s most notorious terrorists isn’t enough to stop Israeli doctors from treating you. In one of today’s stranger news items, Israel’s Channel 2 is reporting that the wife of Mohammed Oudeh, the mastermind behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, is receiving medical care…
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Opinion Darfuri Helps Fellow Newcomers Get Start
I intended to write about an Israel too often overlooked. I wanted a feel-good story for a change, a story that did not include the word “however.” And I had, so I thought, exactly such a story, the truly inspiring story of a 30 year-old man — we’ll call him Hamza — with whom I…
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The Schmooze Israel To Convert Army Bases Into Apartments
Israel’s government may kill two birds with one stone by converting as many as eight army bases into residential living areas. The plan, still under discussion among the treasury, defense ministry and Israel Land Administration, would initially turn four bases into apartment complexes, in a move that could eventually create up to 40,000 new housing…
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The Schmooze Art Mimics Social Networking
Crossposted from Haaretz It’s nothing new for an artist or gallery to harness Facebook and other social media to spread the word and bring people in, but now the Tel Aviv Museum of Art has taken it a step further, by mimicking the platform for a new art exhibit. “Facelook” is intended for the whole…
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