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Happy Days Here Again?

06-Aug-09

“They certainly look happy, don’t they?”
Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let’s sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
Sung during the Great Depression, and composed by J. Yellen and M. Ager
Bank of Israel Chairman Stanley Fischer and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz appeared happy when it was announced that [...]

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Bravo di Opera di la Scala in the park

19-Jul-09

Summer is often a wonderful time to attend open air concerts. And such was the case Thursday evening when the world renown Italian opera theater, La Scala of Milan, put on a performance together with the Israel Opera Company in Gan Yehoshua in north Tel Aviv. The concert, in which a special open-air version of [...]

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Gay Pride Parade celebrates Tel Aviv’s 100th

13-Jun-09

More than 20,000 gays, lesbians, and curiosity seekers turned out for Tel Aviv’s 11th annual Gay Pride Parade on Friday, June 12. The event was staged by the city’s growing homosexual community, was coordinated as a part of the community’s Gay Pride Month and the city’s 100th birthday celebration. Gays and lesbians from all over [...]

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Opening Matkot Season

30-Apr-09

Like baseball in America, the sport of Matkot happens in Israel every Spring (and Summer, Fall and even Winter, for that matter). You just can’t go the beach in Tel Aviv, Netanya, Herzelia, Haifa, Ashdod or Ashkelon without seeing people hitting a small rubber ball back and forth to each other with a large wooden [...]

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End of Summer

26-Aug-08

We’re quickly approaching the end of August. And even though we had some nice weather at the end of last week, it’s steaming hot in Israel at the moment. Nevertheless, the sky darkens a bit earlier.
Next week the school year begins, and hundreds of thousands of children will get off the streets and into the [...]

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