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  Tel Aviv Travel and Tourism Guide Tel Aviv Hotels Israel - inisrael.com
Tel Aviv, the first Hebrew city in modern times, was founded in 1909 and was built on the sand dunes north of the ancient port city of Jaffa.
"The White City" is the story of Tel Aviv, from its beginning to today and is a wonderful opportunity to savor the experience of life in Tel Aviv, in the past and the present.
We hope that the site will present the unique beauty of Tel Aviv and will be a source of inspiration for many future visits to the city.
www.inisrael.com /tour/telaviv   (606 words)

  
  Tel Aviv. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 by Jews from Jaffa who wished to build a modern suburb.
Tel Aviv Univ. and the Jewish Diaspora Museum are in the suburb of Ramat Aviv.
Tel Aviv was the principal target of Iraqi missiles during the Persian Gulf War (1991).
www.bartleby.com /65/te/TelAviv.html   (301 words)

  
 Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv serves a number of the capital functions together with the official capital of Israel, Jerusalem (not recognized by the international society, and not any neighbour country).
In modern Israel, Tel Aviv is paired with the city Jaffa, that lies south and east of Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv is the centre of many cultural activities, and is the headquarters for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
lexicorient.com /e.o/tel_aviv.htm   (449 words)

  
 Tel Aviv
In 1910, the name was changed to Tel Aviv, meaning "hill of spring." The name was taken from Ezekiel 3:15, "...and I came to the exiles at Tel Aviv," and from a reference in Herzl's novel Altneuland, in which he foresaw the future Jewish state as a socialist utopia.
The population of Tel Aviv gradually swelled, particularly as Jews were stimulated to leave predominantly Arab Jaffa by unrest in the 1920s.
Tel Aviv University is in the suburb of Ramat Aviv.
www.us-israel.org /jsource/vie/Telaviv.html   (1454 words)

  
 Tel Aviv, Israel  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Tel Aviv University (1953) and the Open University of Israel (founded as Everyman's University in 1974; renamed in 1989) are located here.
In 1909 Tel Aviv (Hebrew for "hill of spring") was established by Jewish settlers on a sand dune north of Jaffa.
Between 1931 and 1936 the population of Tel Aviv increased from 45,000 to 145,000, primarily because of large-scale emigration of Jews from Nazi Germany.
www.galenfrysinger.com /tel_aviv.htm   (617 words)

  
 Israel: Tel Aviv
The city of Tel Aviv, which was founded in 1909 as a new settlement north of Jaffa, is now the most densely populated and the most industrialized city in Israel.
Tel Aviv itself is a part of a larger conglomeration (dubbed "Big Tel Aviv"), which includes several satellite cities.
Big Tel Aviv with its two-million population boasts three big universities, a large number of high-tech companies, several art museums, exhibition halls and performance centres, as well as pleasant beaches.
www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il /~bazlov/israel/telaviv.html   (137 words)

  
 Tel-Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv's beginnings actually date back to the early 19th century, when a Jewish community was reestablished in the all-Arab city of Jaffa.
Tel Aviv grew steadily until World War I when the Jews were expelled from both Jaffa and Tel Aviv by the Turks.
In the same year, the Philharmonic Orchestra was founded, the Tel Aviv Museum was opened in the home of the city's long-time mayor, Meir Dizengoff, and the cornerstone was laid for the Habimah Theater building.
www.jafi.org.il /education/100/places/ta.html   (610 words)

  
 SurfingTel Aviv Insider Tour Travel Guide
Tel Aviv surfing is generally mild, nothing like the power surfing Mecca's of Way Mea bay Hawaii, Kuta Beach, Indonesia, Bell's Beach in Australia or the likes, but you can still enjoy a great surfing experience in beach-oriented Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv offers approximately 15-20 KM of beach stretch, but not all of it is good for surfing.
Tel Baruch beach is in the north of Tel Aviv, a wide open and less urban, with good surf.
www.telaviv-insider.co.il /surfing.php   (1298 words)

  
 Tel Aviv at AllExperts
There are many cultural centers in Tel Aviv, including the Opera House (where Plácido Domingo, together with his wife Marta, spent 2 and a half early years, from 1962 to 1965) as well as the Culture Hall (with a 3,000 seats).
Tel Aviv is the only city that has 3 clubs in the Israeli football premier league.
The Tel Aviv Rowing Club, which was established as early as 1935 on the banks of the Yarkon River, is the biggest rowing club in Israel.
en.allexperts.com /e/t/te/tel_aviv.htm   (0 words)

  
 Tel Aviv travel guide - Wikitravel
Tel Aviv itself was founded in 1909 by a group of distinguished Jewish residents of Jaffa.
Tel Aviv is the hub of the country's modern network of freeways.
Tel Aviv is home to the leading gay community in Israel and all of the Middle-East, and is generaly a very friendly city towards gay people.
wikitravel.org /en/Tel_Aviv   (6659 words)

  
 Tel Aviv in Focus
Tel Aviv Jaffa, the unofficial capitol* of Israel is a city of unique magic as well of extreme and un-recognized beauty.
Tel Aviv Jaffa is also a city with a huge potential that one day can be fulfilled, if only the hope wins the despair.
Tel aviv has the biggest bus station in the world, even so there is no tram or metro in the city yet, although there is a plan to build one, the estimated date of the first line opening is in 2009.
www.telavivinf.com /maineng.asp   (790 words)

  
 The Tel Aviv Foundation Projects
A thorough assessment process is being conducted in all high schools in Tel Aviv in order to identify every excellent student in mathematics with a high potential to become the leading academic scientific force in the state of Israel.
Tel Aviv also is home to another school for severely disabled children.
The Tel Aviv - Jaffa Academic College was founded in 1994 as a joint venture of Tel Aviv University, The Tel Aviv Municipality and the Ministry of Education in response to the limited number of in space and budget in the six existing universities in Israel.
www.telavivfoundation.org /projects_education.htm   (1367 words)

  
 Tel Aviv : Introduction | Frommers.com
Tel Aviv is the country's commercial center, and also the cultural capital; the nation's newspapers and most books are published here (excepting the Jerusalem Post); concerts are frequent, and the Hebrew-language theater thrives.
Tel Aviv today is riding the wave of the country's high-tech economic boom, and it shows everywhere.
Tel Aviv now incorporates the once-separate city of Jaffa, which does have a history going back thousands of years (the Prophet Jonah lived in this seaport before his encounter with the whale).
www.frommers.com /destinations/telaviv/0089010001.html   (940 words)

  
 israelinsider: Travel: Tel Aviv dresses up for World Heritage recognition
The relatively young city of Tel Aviv is often skipped by tourists to the Holy Land, but today the city becomes one of the few in the world to be declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO.
Tel Aviv, established in 1909, was chosen to be honored by UNESCO not only because of the buildings themselves but also for the city's original urban design, which was based on an urban plan by Sir Patrick Geddes.
"The new town of Tel Aviv is an outstanding example of new town planning and architecture in the early 20th century, adapted to the requirements of a particular cultural and geographic context," a UNESCO statement said.
web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Travel/3714.htm   (567 words)

  
 Real Estate Tel Aviv Insider Tour Travel Guide
This area in the far north of Tel Aviv at its border with Ramat Hasharon was used until recently as the largest gas storage farm in Israel.
The area is 8000 dunam large, located at the southernmost part of Tel Aviv, on the border with road 20 from Yaffo to Azur to the south, road 44 (Ayalon south) to the west, Mesubim road in the north and Geha road to the east.
This area, in the north of Tel Aviv at the cross of Jabotinski and Weitzman streets, is a very large square, now an open space and public garden, a meeting and mingling point of dogs and their owners and the many elderly well-to-do residents of the "Kikar hamedina" area.
www.tel-aviv-insider.com /real-estate.php   (1242 words)

  
 Historical Sites in Tel Aviv Bauhaus building style
Tel Aviv is a reflection of the new state of Israel itself and as such, it underwent virtually all the marvelous chain of events that occurred in this Middle Eastern small piece of land over the last 120 years.
Tel Aviv is considered the first Hebrew city in the land of new Israel.
Tel Aviv is home to over 5000 Bauhaus buildings - the largest concentration in one city in the world.
www.tel-aviv-insider.com /history-1.php   (570 words)

  
 Tel Aviv   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tel Aviv is Israel as the Zionists intended it to be.
What is unique about Tel Aviv is that it is both a beach town and the nation's cultural and business capital.
Tel Aviv is where they work when they're not traveling.
www.photo.net /israel/tel-aviv   (573 words)

  
 tel aviv bauhaus, Bauhaus tours, tel aviv hotels, tour tel aviv, bauhaus architecture
In Tel Aviv of the 1930's, Bauhaus architecture flourished, as is evidenced by many of the wonderful buildings that line the city's streets.
Bauhaus architecture flourished in Tel Aviv (as elsewhere in the country) in the 1930’s due in great part to the fact that 17 former Bauhaus students, worked locally as architects.
Although Tel Aviv was not really built as a planned city, but rather had neighborhoods added in what often seem haphazard patches, it is still possible to easily get around the city – if you know the basics (as outlined in Geddes’ plan).
www.gemsinisrael.com /index000004872.htm   (682 words)

  
 Tel Aviv - Yaffo Buildings, Real Estate, Architecture, Skyscrapers and Construction Database   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tel Aviv was established in 1909 as Achuzat Bait, the "First Hebrew City after 2000 years of exile", Tel Aviv took its current Biblical name the following year.
Tel Aviv lies on the soft sand beaches of the Mediterranean coast, and is filled with high-class hotels, restaurants, museums, concert halls, cinemas, and theatres along with Tel Aviv University, Israel's largest with over 27,000 students.
In July, 2003, Tel Aviv's White City was announced unanimously by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, as the city boasts the largest number of Bauhaus International Style buildings in the world, some 2500 buildings.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci/?id=100280   (378 words)

  
 Tel Aviv Hotels Apartments and Attractions -Tel Aviv Guide
Tel Aviv boasts a beautiful coastline, dotted with cafés and restaurants, white sand beaches and the blue Mediterranean Sea.
There are many interesting places in Tel Aviv that may give one a better perspective on Israeli and Jewish history and culture.
The southern part of Tel Aviv offers a glimpse into it inhabitants day-to-day life, through the special charm and offbeat places of the south.
www.telavivguide.net   (340 words)

  
 Tel Aviv University
Four decades ago Tel Aviv University first opened its gates to accomplished students who came from all over the world to embark on a remarkable personal and academic journey.
Tel Aviv University has since consistently ranked as one of the top institutions of higher learning world-wide.
As a world-class academic institution, many members of its distinguished faculty have won international recognition and are considered leaders in their fields of research.
www.telavivuniv.org   (274 words)

  
 Tel Aviv, Israel News - Topix
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Koor Industries, a leading Israeli holding Company, announced the resolutions of the Company's 2006 Annual General Meeting, held in the Company's offices on...
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 10 A Israeli man has been indicted on arson charges for allegedly torching another man's motorbike because he wouldn't hand over his pet squirrel.
I edit the Tel Aviv, Israel News pages on Topix when no humans are available to help.
www.topix.net /il/tel-aviv   (707 words)

  
 Tel Qasile - Archaeology in Tel Aviv
On the premises of the Eretz Israel Museum at the campus of Tel Aviv University the remains of a Philistine city are found.
Tel Qasile belonged to the five cities of the Philistinian Pentapolis, which further consisted of Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gaza and Ekron.
As the measurements of the Tel Qasile temple were only 6 x 7 square meters, to hold this amount of people seems not possible.
www.jewishmag.com /23mag/arch/arch.htm   (1305 words)

  
 Can Tel Aviv Be Sustainable? (TreeHugger)
Today the group got a two-hour whirlwind tour of central Tel Aviv and the busy boulevard of Rothschild, where the cornerstone of Tel Aviv was laid in 1909.
Did you know that Tel Aviv was the first city in the world where builders lifted an entire house (now Sotheby's auction house) on Shadal Street, and suspended it, while they dug out underground parking lots as part of a development deal to preserve an historical building in exchange for development rights?
Is it okay that public billboards for cultural events in Tel Aviv are leased by big companies like Pfizer who plaster their own adverts in lieu of goings-on.
www.treehugger.com /files/2006/06/tel_aviv_sustainable.php   (0 words)

  
 Tel Aviv travel guide
Tel Aviv is the most modern and westernized place in Israel.
Tel Aviv is also the business center of Israel, and has the largest percentage of young people.
The best reason to come to Tel Aviv is to have a good time, the nightlife is great, there are good restaurants, there are so many shops, the beaches aren't bad and there is always something going on.
www.world66.com /asia/middleeast/israel/telaviv   (337 words)

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