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75 years ago, a suicide on Rothschild Boulevard

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard is a street with many stories. At number 16, Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared the new state on May 14, 1948, and Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed there.  Only a few years ago, … Continue reading →

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Keeping the kids away from coffee in Mandate Palestine

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

When I was a child, and I wanted to drink coffee like the adults did, my parents bought me my own jar of decaf. I was born in the 80s, but it seems that parents in 1930s Tel Aviv also … Continue reading →

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