Showing posts with label Tel Aviv:Street Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tel Aviv:Street Life. Show all posts
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Israel's answer to the "Obama Girl" youtube video clip: "The Livni Boy"
And here’s another one in a slightly different vain--a real LOL campy take-off of the original Obama Girl, with all the sexy trappings (Israeli style) for some young Likud MK candidate
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Tel Aviv Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Gay Pride Parade
Tel Aviv adorned it’s main boulevards this past week with rainbow colored flags as revelers of all persuasions streamed along the main route of the city’s 10th annual gay pride parade that converged at Gordon Beach, one of the city’s central beach fronts, for a free outdoor concert. As usual for this annual parade, gays and lesbians weren’t the only ones out celebrating. Tel Avivans of all ages and statuses were out embracing the event, the community, and the festivities. All of which made for a colorful love fest of freedom of expression in a city that enjoys celebrating its unbridled spirit, diversity and a good beach party.
It should be duly noted that in stark contrast, homosexuality is a crime under the Palestinian Authority, where Gay’s are persecuted and sent to jail. Similarly in Egypt gay men can be sentenced anywhere from 3 and up to 25 years for homosexuality. And in general, the status of gays and lesbians in the Arab and Muslim world is for the most part a dire one.
Some photos I snapped at the event:
Click on any photo for a larger view. The entire album can be viewed here
Some more photos from other people can be found on Flickr by clicking here and here -- don't miss the Israeli soldier girl with a rainbow flag in her shirt pocket
It should be duly noted that in stark contrast, homosexuality is a crime under the Palestinian Authority, where Gay’s are persecuted and sent to jail. Similarly in Egypt gay men can be sentenced anywhere from 3 and up to 25 years for homosexuality. And in general, the status of gays and lesbians in the Arab and Muslim world is for the most part a dire one.
Some photos I snapped at the event:
Click on any photo for a larger view. The entire album can be viewed here
Some more photos from other people can be found on Flickr by clicking here and here -- don't miss the Israeli soldier girl with a rainbow flag in her shirt pocket
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Outdoor Friday Evening Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Services at the Tel-Aviv Seafront
Beit-Tefila, is a diverse, pluralistic, non denominational Tel-Aviv congregation, in the spirit and format of Bnei Jeshurun in NYC. The congregation celebrates together musical Friday night Kabbalat Shabbats, holidays and Jewish Lifecycle events. Beit-Tefila is home to secular and traditional Israelis in greater metropolitan Tel-Aviv. Its member are from all walks of Israeli life.
Services are based on the traditional text, accompanied to melodically arranged tunes, both traditional and more modern ones. In addition a few modern inserts are interjected into the abridged traditional liturgy including Modern Hebrew poetry, modern classic Israeli song standards, and even an occasional universal one like Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World, sung in its Hebrew translation.
This summer as part of its outreach to Tel-Aviv, Beit-Tefilah has teamed up with the management of the Tel-Aviv Port, which runs the beautifully renovated old Port district now home to an expansive wood boardwalk lined by restaurants and cafes. In a quieter section of the boardwalk, at its southern edge where the Port runs into Metzitzim Beach, Beit-Tefila in the spirit of outdoor summer homes and events is conducting outdoor public Kabbalat Shabbat services every other week during the months of July and August (details regarding dates can be found at their site: http://www.btfila.org/)
An article about Beit-Tefilah from the local Hebrew edition of Timeout can be found here: http://www.btfila.org/5767/newslet/timeout.htm
Short video clip of highlights from the service
Services are based on the traditional text, accompanied to melodically arranged tunes, both traditional and more modern ones. In addition a few modern inserts are interjected into the abridged traditional liturgy including Modern Hebrew poetry, modern classic Israeli song standards, and even an occasional universal one like Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World, sung in its Hebrew translation.
This summer as part of its outreach to Tel-Aviv, Beit-Tefilah has teamed up with the management of the Tel-Aviv Port, which runs the beautifully renovated old Port district now home to an expansive wood boardwalk lined by restaurants and cafes. In a quieter section of the boardwalk, at its southern edge where the Port runs into Metzitzim Beach, Beit-Tefila in the spirit of outdoor summer homes and events is conducting outdoor public Kabbalat Shabbat services every other week during the months of July and August (details regarding dates can be found at their site: http://www.btfila.org/)
An article about Beit-Tefilah from the local Hebrew edition of Timeout can be found here: http://www.btfila.org/5767/newslet/timeout.htm
Short video clip of highlights from the service
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tel Aviv Chosen The Best Weekend Getaway by New York Magazine
Back in April New York Magazine chose Tel Aviv as the best weekend Getaway. Here's another great video presentation by the YouTube vlogger Hollyyyyyyy, who puts together some wonderful and affective Israel PR presentations
Friday, July 20, 2007
Sexy Tongue-in-Cheek Ad for Israel
Created by a small local media production house. (Please note this video clips is rated R and includes strong language and sexual situations)
Why they call it the Holy Land--explained
Why they call it the Holy Land--explained
Tel Aviv, Street Scene, Nahalat Binyamin
Tel Aviv, July 6th, the weekly Friday arts & crafts street fair at the Nahalat Binyamin Promenade
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Tel Aviv Vistas: Sights & Sound from YouTube vloggers
Ode to "urban Tel Aviv: beach life, nightlife, architecture, people, places, pubs and clubs--a collage of the city that never sleeps" as compiled in this slide presentation by a 27 year old YouTube vLogger (includes a few cute guys and babes that make up the Israeli mosaic)
Tel Aviv: "The Real Story" as compiled by this 26 year old Israeli YouTube vlogger (http://www.youtube.com/snowstorm81)
Free Hugs Campaign, Tel Aviv, October 2006
Tel Aviv: "The Real Story" as compiled by this 26 year old Israeli YouTube vlogger (http://www.youtube.com/snowstorm81)
Free Hugs Campaign, Tel Aviv, October 2006
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