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May 21, 2025, 1:16 PM

An Act of Love: Remembering Inbar ‘The Pink Raven’

Dateline: April 2025 – Modiin, Central Israel On Route 443, near a junction which turns you off the Lod-Jerusalem highway towards the town of Modiin, there is a poster of a young woman’s image with the following legend in Hebrew: ‘Ani...

Apr 18, 2025, 1:41 PM

Another Passover in Hostages Square

Seder Night at Hostages Square - Passover 2025. Photo: Nili Bresler

DAYENU! We have been passed over yet again! Another Pesach and again, we need to shout: There is no time left! These words become truer and truer each day: THERE IS NO TIME LEFT. Every day, every hour, every minute,...

Shadi Ariella Farahi

Apr 17, 2025, 3:35 PM

I live in an airport

Tel Aviv gives everyone the answer they need. It's where Western freedoms meet Middle Eastern hospitality and misfits are welcome

David Rosh Pina

Apr 13, 2025, 2:52 AM

The Street Where Abraham’s Dreams Lay

David Rosh Pina

The other day, walking down Bar Giyora Street in central Tel Aviv, I found an Engineering Diploma from the University of São Paulo, handed to an Abraham Levin in the distant year of 1951. It was just lying there,...

Andrew Esensten

Apr 11, 2025, 2:00 PM

This African Hebrew Israelite busker spreads joy across Tel Aviv

Yokai Ben Israel Edwards performs at the Jaffa Flea Market in 2022. (Andrew Esensten)

The performer who makes a living singing on the street and at weddings and bar mitzvahs had an unfortunate run-in with the police

Apr 6, 2025, 5:26 PM

The Layered Complexities of Life in Israel

Visiting Israel for 2.5 days is a foolish thing to do, under the best of circumstances. These days, some individuals - especially those who rely on (legacy) media - would say it’s too intense, bordering on insane. But, after...

Apr 2, 2025, 4:16 AM

Tel Aviv and Berlin: A New City Partnership?

Photos: iStock by Getty Images

On March 28, 2025, Berlin's state parliament unanimously approved a motion to establish a twin town relationship with Tel Aviv. As the capital of Germany moves to formalize its 19th city partnership, this development carries profound historical significance -...

Mar 31, 2025, 4:51 AM

A Visit to Hostages Square with My Grandfather

I sit in my grandparents’ living room, my grandmother’s warm, soft hands embracing mine. In front of us, shelves overflow with photos capturing milestone moments in her children's and grandchildren’s lives: conscription into the Israeli army, weddings, and my...

Mar 11, 2025, 12:46 PM

Greater Israel–A Land with no People, For a People with no Land (Part 2 of 5)

Part 2 of 2) Altneuland Herzl’s Altneuland nevertheless provides a very impressive vision. Herzl is au courant with all concurrent developments in science, machinery and technology. The new Jewish State of 1923 has illuminated highways for automobiles and there are gleaming...

Mar 10, 2025, 2:57 AM

Greater Israel—A Land with no People, For a People with no Land

(Part 1 of 5) Greater Israel–A Land with no People, For a People with no Land “Jerusalem stands for certain cosmic insights and human values. These values have spread throughout the the planet and they now embrace, to some degree, all who consciously participate in the...

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