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Aug 21, 2017, 8:19 PM
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Jerusalem: A library-poor city
Why does the capital city of the People of the Book have few options for kids to take summer refuge in the stacks?
Aug 11, 2016, 10:30 AM
Between Beit Ha’Am and Beit Frumin: wasted opportunities in downtown Jerusalem
Imagine you’re trying to revitalize your city center. You naturally want to maximize the potential of every building and every public space in that sensitive area. At one of the most fabulous locations in the entire downtown stands a...
Apr 12, 2016, 11:24 AM
The National Library of Israel: symbolism or urbanism?
The cornerstone was laid last week for the new National Library of Israel building -- a smooth, modernist crescent of limestone-compound and glass that is destined to take its place within a monoculture of standalone tourist attractions, in that part of Jerusalem...
Feb 11, 2016, 2:52 PM
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A woman’s guide to Jerusalem
Pedestrian access to the area's shopping center should be a no-brainer, but those on foot have to navigate highways!
Feb 4, 2016, 9:20 AM
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The carnage we’re okay with
With speed bumps serving as crosswalks instead of decelerators, no wonder Israeli traffic deaths are on the rise
Sep 27, 2015, 10:12 AM
Places where I want to sit (in Jerusalem)
A North American urban strategist named Gracen Johnson, writing at Strong Towns, recently documented some places -- office-park gazebos, strip malls -- where no one would want to sit, but where someone nevertheless went to the trouble of providing seating. She then...
May 20, 2015, 2:22 PM
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Jerusalem 2120
The city's 5-year plan uses the same bombastic approach that got us into this mess: It's time to think small
Apr 19, 2015, 1:04 PM
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Three Israeli cities that are getting things right
They are Ashdod, Safed and Bat Yam and, no, they aren't high tech hubs, they're something better
Jan 9, 2015, 12:52 PM
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Worst Jerusalem streetscapes, 2014
It's time to stop looking at individual buildings as isolated works unto themselves
Nov 14, 2014, 9:44 AM
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Vision Zero Israel: An end to road carnage
As NYC aims to stop all traffic deaths with a new 25 mph limit, Israel is speeding in the wrong direction
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I am a Jerusalem-based translator and former academic librarian. My work has appeared in Iron Words Israel, Sephardic Horizons, The Deronda Review, and Literary Mama, among others.
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