This year, Israel is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest thanks to their win last year. The winning artist was Netta and the song was Not Your Toy. In anticipation of this world-class event, enjoy the clip of the song that made it all happen – and see you in Tel Aviv!
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Every year, Tel Aviv becomes the Pride capital of the Middle East. Visitors from around the world join Israel’s LGBTQ community and their allies for a celebration of freedom that is unprecedented in its scope and intensity. And it culminates in a raucous parade through Tel Aviv, ending at the Mediterranean coast. If you’ve ever […]
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I love this clip. It’s got a great groove and it’s super cute! It depicts an element of Tel Aviv that is both hip and care free. They call Tel Aviv a bubble because it is an atypical middle eastern city where the regional conflicts have little or no effect on the city’s residents, where […]
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Pride Week in Tel Aviv began on May 29 and continues till June 4 this year. Chock full of fun events, of which the annual parade is always the highlight. This year we also have an official Tel Aviv Pride video – Aerosmith’s Pink sung by Shefita who fully channels her inner Umm Kulthum in […]
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Acroyoga is a super fun combination of yoga and acrobatics that has taken the world by storm. Israel has a very healthy Acroyoga community, meeting informally in parks across the country and formally at weekend and holiday get-togethers. Over the last couple of months, a group of acroyogis prepared for and organized a massive Acroyoga […]
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The premise of this uh… mini-series, is that Jamie and Elie will search for Yiddish language and culture in Tel Aviv. In this episode they find a Yiddish library and cultural center in the deepest bowels of the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station – a white elephant that is one of the biggest bus stations […]
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This isn’t actually a foreign media report about Israel. But it could be. Sort of. It’s from an Israeli TV show called “היום בלילה עם גורי אלפי” – Today at Night with Guri Alpi I guess. I don’t know. I don’t even have a TV. But it is kind of funny even though the […]
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Funk’n’stein is Israel’s go-to old school funk band. Their shows are as fun as their music is funky, and since their music is plenty funky, you can just imagine how awesome the shows are. So if you find yourself in Jerusalem on the 20th of January, they will be playing at a venue called Even […]
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David Bowie passed away at age 69 on the 10th of January, 2016, after an 18-month battle with cancer. The Times of Israel wrote a very nice piece that discussed Bowie’s drug induced flirtation with Fascism as well as his 1996 performance in Tel Aviv and his dabbling with Kabbalah and religious themes: In 1996, […]
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Echo is the MC/Singer and Tito makes the machines squelch. These world travelers are based in Tel Aviv and their music is simply too good for the likes of you. Seriously. Go to another page or another site for all I care. Don’t ask for a Web site. Share their Facebook page with your stupid […]
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