The Difference Between Jerusalem And Tel Aviv is amazing. It’s only about 50km separating between both cities,But the first time you are in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, you’ll feel it. This video will try to show you in photos what is waiting for you in Jerusalem, and what waiting for you in Tel Aviv.
Enjoy!
Hapoel Play65 Kiriat Shalom from Tel Aviv, who plays in the 6th Israeli Division has decided to fire the coach, and from today the manager will be…the internet surfers! For the first time in the world, the surfers will decide who will play, what will be the squad, who will be the replacements, how the team will play, in what formation, who will shoot the free kicks, penalties, and who will be the player of the match.
The games will be broadcasted online on the web site, and the surfers can decide during the games about all the above subjects, And a contact person from the team on the filed will do it. Web2Sport, the company behind the project has invested about 2 Million Israeli Shekels (500k $). The first football game will be this weekend, Saturday 20.10.07.
Sounds interesting and I wonder if FC Barcelona will replace Frank Rijkaard with you the surfers 
The Nazareth Cross project aims to strengthen all of the people of Nazareth. It also will dramatically improve the atmosphere for its citizens, tourists, and visiting pilgrims. But at the core of this effort are the people of the city. This is why over half of the project’s income will be invested back into to the Nazareth community.
As a guarantee for the indigenous character of the Nazareth Cross project, it is managed and developed by the Foundation of Nazareth, a group of local leaders and clergymen: Bishop Riah Abu Al-Asal, Dr. Jaber Khoury, Dr. Mary Mashour, Adv. Elias Shukry, Mr. Adi Bajaly, Mr. Talal Musalam (C.P.A), Mr. Rashid Safurry, Mr Nizar Bulos, and Hisham Saad (C.P.A).
The Chairman of the Foundation is Bishop Riah Abu Al-Asal.
The Foundation will carry out the distribution of all the proceeds dedicated to the community of Nazareth for the betterment of the city. These include support for accredited Christian institutions and micro-business loans, focusing on children and small enterprise. This local character of the Foundation will guarantee its objective functioning and will enable it to choose the most relevant targets for assistance, with the purpose of activating the city’s own potential.
The fascia of the Cross of Nazareth will be made of brilliant mosaic tiles in stone and precious metals. 7.2 million tiles will cover this majestic structure, each one engraved with a name. The purchaser will be able to choose both the material and location of the tile on the cross.
By acquiring a tile with your inscription, you are connecting to the Holy Land in a most unique and profound manner. In the very heart of Nazareth, where the Virgin Mary heard that she had found favor with God, you will declare your belief in God’s mercy towards you or a loved one for generations to come. In doing so, you also help to inspire the people of Jesus’ hometown today, and the visitors they welcome from all over the world. Most importantly – you are bringing to remembrance God’s great love and sacrifice shown through the cross.
By helping to build the Nazareth Cross, you are identifying with the universal symbol of Christianity – right where the Bible tells us that the Angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary she would bear a Son –
and name Him Jesus.
For details, click here.
Thousands of years of history comer together in Jaffa, one of world’s oldest cities and the birthplace of Tel Aviv. A center of tourism, food and fun, with an exotic Levantine ambience.
Driving to Jaffa is like going through a time tunnel – skyscrapers soar on the left, while ahead lays a city with thousands of years behind it.
The main port of the ancient land of Israel, and one of the first ports in the world. Jaffa was a center of commerce and culture, agriculture and tourism, the destination of shipping lines from Alexandria and Beirut. From the Clock Tower Square, convoys of wagons and camels fanned out to all parts of the land and pilgrims made their way on foot to the holy city of Jerusalem. The clock tower built by the Turkish Sultan Abd al-Hamid the II in 1906, when the land was under Ottoman rule, has recently undergone a facelift, as has the square surrounding it. In the alley next to the Mahmuddiyah mosque, men are absorbed in endless games of backgammon, or shesh-besh, to use the local parlance. Coffeehouses offering narghiles to smoke along with tiny cups of strong black Turkish coffee create an authentic Levantine atmosphere.
The Tel Aviv – Jaffa Tourism Association offers free guided walking tours of Jaffa every Wednesday in English.
Meeting point: the Clock Tower on Yefet Street, at 9:30 a.m. No need for advance booking – just come and enjoy!
The beneficial effect of climatotherapy at the Dead Sea (CDS) for psoriasis has been established clinically but there is a striking lack of studies assessing its in vivo effect at the molecular and cellular levels.
Objectives: They sought to study the response of activated immunologic cells and keratinocytes in psoriatic lesions to CDS.
Methods: A total of 27 patients with chronic, stable, plaque-type psoriasis treated with CDS for 28 consecutive days were evaluated with the Psoriasis Area and Severity index score and quantitative histological measures.
Results: After 4 weeks of treatment, the overall Psoriasis Area and Severity index score decreased by 81.5%. Complete clearance was achieved in 48% of the patients, and moderate to marked improvement in 41%. The average duration of remission was 3.3 months. Histological, there was an overall reduction in malpighian layer thickness by 63.4%, and keratinocyte hyperplasia, assessed by Ki-67 cell cycle antigen expression, decreased by 78%; residual cell proliferation was confined mainly to the basal layer. These changes were accompanied by normalization of keratin 16 expression in 90% of the patients. T lymphocytes were almost totally eliminated from the epidermis (depletion of >90% of CD3(+) and CD25(+) cells), with only a low number remaining in the dermis (depletion of 69.4% of CD3(+) cells and 77.4% of CD25(+) cells). This reduction in activated T cells was accompanied by a marked reduction in HLA-DR expression by epidermal keratinocytes.
Conclusions: CDS is a highly effective and remittive treatment for moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis, leading to a reversal of both pathologic epidermal and immunologic activation.
Tel Aviv is home to three of Israel’s largest museums, which draw a total of 1.1 million visitors a year. Among them are:
Tel Aviv Museum of Art displays modern and post-modern art. Also on display are works from the 16th-19th centuries, including the Impressionist period, as well as graphic design and photography.
Another fascinating museum is The Eretz Israel Museum. It deals with the history and culture of the land of Israel, including archaeology, anthropology, folklore, ethnography, Judaic, history and more.
Art Galleries
Don’t miss the dozens of fine galleries, primarily located along Gordon Street and in the Old City of Jaffa, featuring the very latest in contemporary Israeli. We won’t say another word ? we’ll let the art speak for itself.
Theater
From its early days Tel Aviv was a great theatre center. Even in this cinema and home-video era, the popularity of Tel Aviv’s theatres has not waned. Not surprisingly, 18 out of Israel’s 35 performing arts centers are located in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Among the big theater’s are:
Habima Theater
Locates in the Rotchild Boulevard, Tel Aviv most beautiful boulevard, is Habima Theatre. Israel’ national theater, which got its start in Moscow at the beginning of the 20th century, mounts original Hebrew plays, the classics and musicals before its thousands of subscribers and eager theatergoers.
The Cameri Theater
The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (TAPAC), the stunning modern building, is home to the Cameri Theater, which produces both original Hebrew and translated plays.
Other theaters in Tel Aviv include Beit Lessin, Hasimto, Tmuna, Karov, tzavta and the Jewish-Arab Theater in Jaffa, Each one has its own, mainly post-modern, repertory.
For information about shows & performances that provide English subtitles, please check with the relevant theater.
Dance
You don’t need to speak Hebrew to be thrilled by Israeli modern dance and breathtaking percussion performances.
Explore the avant-garde in Tel Aviv. Dance around the clock ? that’s the defining characteristic of Suzanne Dellal Centre in Neve Tzedek, Israel’s undisputed dance mecca. More than 600 dance performances are mounted each year at the centre, the most visited tourist site in Tel Aviv. Much of this is due to the worldwide popularity of Israeli dance, which has become an important export industry. Every year, Suzanne Dellal Centre hosts major international dance events such as “Dance Europa”, which place it on the cutting-edge of worldwide culture.
One of the country’s leading companies is Batsheva, which was founded in 1964 by Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild and the legendary American choreographer Martha Graham, the high priestess of modern dance. Ohad Naharin, the company’s artistic director since 1990, has imbued Batsheva with the innovation and creative daring that has won the hearts of dance lovers at the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. Batsheva, whose home is in the Suzanne Dellal Centre, performs more than 250 times a year in Israel and abroad.
The Israeli Opera
The Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center (TAPAC), is bursting with jazz, opera, dance, theater, you name it.
The stunning modern building is home to the Cameri Theater, which produces both original Hebrew and translated plays.
TAPAC is also home to the New Israeli Opera, a cultural enterprise, born of one man’s vision and passion. In Moscow in 1917, conductor Mordechai Golinkin envisioned an opera theater in the land of Israel. Six years later, he mounted a performance of Verdi’s La traviata in the young city that sprang up from the sand dunes, but the opera had no home.
Today, the New Israeli Opera is flourishing, with more than 18,000 subscripts, and a steadily growing audience for the eight operas it mounts each year.
The Philharmonic Orchestra
It all starts with a crazy idea and someone passionate enough to make it come true. Thus came into being the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
1936. Jews, fearing that Europe is going up in flames, pack their suitcases and flee. The legendary Polish-Jewish violinist Bronislaw Huberman persuaded musicians from Europe’s greatest orchestras to come to Tel Aviv, where he founded the Philharmonic Orchestra. So it’s no wonder that the great Arturo Toscanini conducted the orchestra’s debut concert, that Zubin Mehta has been its music director since 1969, that Leonard Bernstein conducted many times and that Kurt Masur is its honorary guest conductor. This international spirit has characterized the Israel Philharmonic for more than 70 years: bringing together top musicians from all over the world, the orchestra has toured five continents and consistently reaps the highest praise, both at home and abroad.
