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Tel Aviv Shops Resist Shabbat Closing Law

Many Tel Aviv grocery stores stayed open on the Sabbath even though Israel’s interior minister rejected an amendment to a municipal statute that would have allowed their opening. Municipal inspectors handed out fines on Saturday of slightly more than $200 to the businesses that remained open despite an Israeli law that makes it illegal to…

By JTA Jul 7, 2014 | < 1 min read
News
David Blatt Follows Hoops Dream to NBA Coaching Job

(JTA) — In 1981, David Blatt moved to Israel in pursuit of a path of lifelong worship – to play professional basketball. Now, more than 30 years later, Blatt is leaving Israel to make a different, and totally unprecedented, form of aliyah – to leave the ranks of Israeli basketball to coach in the NBA….

By Anthony Weiss Jun 20, 2014 | 4 min read
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David Blatt Meets With Cleveland Cavaliers About Job

David Blatt, who recently resigned from his job as coach of the championship Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team, is set to meet with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. Blatt will interview Wednesday with the Cleveland Cavaliers for their vacant head coaching position, Yahoo Sports first reported Sunday citing what it called “league sources.” Blatt, 55, stepped…

By JTA Jun 16, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Abbas’ Wife Undergoes Surgery at Tel Aviv Hospital

The wife of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was released from a private hospital in Tel Aviv after having surgery there. Amina Abbas was sent home Sunday from the Assuta Medical Center following the procedure on her leg two days earlier. The surgery was performed amid a search for three Jewish teens purportedly kidnapped by…

By JTA Jun 15, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Tel Aviv Breaks Guinness Record for Largest Shabbat Dinner

More than 2,000 people set the Guinness World Record for “largest Shabbat dinner” in Tel Aviv. At an event Friday evening hosted by Chabad-Lubavitch and White City Shabbat, a Tel Aviv organization that hosts and coordinates Shabbat meals, 2,226 people gathered for what was billed as the largest Shabbat dinner ever. An official representative of…

By JTA Jun 15, 2014 | < 1 min read
Opinion
Israel Loves Gay Cash — Just Not Gay Marriage

Israelis take part in Jerusalem’s annual gay pride parade in 2011 / Getty Images What do you reckon is the busiest time of year for Tel Aviv’s hotels — maybe the High Holidays? Perhaps Christmas/New Year’s, when America’s families are on vacation? How about Gay Pride Week? Bingo! With the annual Gay Pride parade scheduled…

By Emily L. Hauser Jun 12, 2014 | 2 min read
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Maccabi Tel Aviv’s David Blatt on NBA Radar for Coaching Slots

David Blatt, who guided Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague basketball championship, is rumored to be in the mix for several coaching jobs in the NBA. The Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly have contacted Blatt for their vacant head coaching post, The Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the situation. The Cavs, who fired…

By JTA Jun 8, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Lady Gaga To Play Tel Aviv, BDS Or No

American singer and performer Lady Gaga will appear in Tel Aviv as part of her current concert tour. Lady Gaga will perform at Yarkon Park on Sept. 13, her producers announced Sunday. The appearance is part of her current world tour: “artRAVE: The ARTPOP ball,” named after her album released last November. She will perform…

By JTA Jun 8, 2014 | < 1 min read

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