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Breaking News Suspect in Tel Aviv Gay Center Shooting Incriminates Himself
The prime suspect in the gay center shooting in Tel Aviv incriminated himself, Israel Police announced on Sunday. Police say Hagai Felician, the main suspect in the 2009 attack at Tel Aviv’s Barnoar LGBT center, has tied himself to the shooting that killed Liz Trubeshi, 16, and youth counselor Nir Katz, 27. During the past…
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Breaking News Barbra Streisand Visits Western Wall After Landing in Israel With Puppy
Jewish-American singer Barbra Streisand landed in Israel ahead of her debut Israeli performances at the Bloomfield Stadium on June 20 and 22 in Jaffa as part of the Israeli Presidential Conference. Stepping off the airplane in the early evening, Streisand wore a white jacket, pants and hat, and cradled her pet coton de Tulear dog…
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Breaking News Tens of Thousands Come Out for Tel Aviv Pride Parade
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday for the annual Gay Pride Parade. Organizers decided not to change the scheduled events and parade route in light of the arrests made in connection to the 2009 gay youth club shooting, and a number of public figures and politicians are scheduled to give…
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Culture Israel Philharmonic Makes Spectacular Debut in Its New Home
It was a who’s who of Tel Aviv and New York Jewish culture vultures, politicians, philanthropists and, yes, music lovers from around the world. Thirteen years in the making, more than 77 years since its founding, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was inaugurating its new home at Heichal Hatarbut. Thanks to the city of Tel Aviv…
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Culture Tel Aviv Exhibit About Hospitality Arrives With Some Political Baggage
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is an institution in transition. The addition of the Herta and Paul Amir Building, opened to the public in 2011, effectively doubled the museum’s exhibition space. The sharply angled facade cuts across the rigid lines of the city’s Bauhaus-inspired architecture. Internally, the museum has gone through a crisis of…
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Culture Crusading Photographer Seeks To Save Israeli Mom-and-Pop Shops for Posterity
One morning a week, Assi Haim roams the streets of the old neighborhoods of Tel Aviv with his camera and tripod. He’s racing against time, trying to document a piece of history before it disappears. Haim is searching for “The Rebels,” the elderly owners of small shops who refuse to bow to the crushing winds…
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Breaking News Shops Owned by Africans Shut by Israel Police
Tel Aviv municipal inspectors, along with a large contingent of police, raided illegal businesses run by African migrants in the Neve Sha’anan neighborhood. The inspectors closed down about 10 businesses in the south Tel Aviv neighborhood, implementing both court orders and administrative closure orders. They confiscated equipment from restaurants, cafes, bars and kiosks. They took…
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Breaking News Thousands of Israelis Protest Austerity Measures
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday to protest against austerity measures presented this week as part of the state’s new budget. Rallies were expected to take place in cities across the country, bringing back the social protest that took Israel by storm two years ago. Some 10,000 people were estimated to be…
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