Tel Aviv City

aa Old Tel Aviv port area The port of Tel Aviv  is  becoming an area for culture, entertainment and leisure-time activities.

Tel Aviv Beach Tel Aviv is the second most populated city in Israel with a population of around for hundred thousand.  Located on the Mediterranean coastline, the city's name literally translates into “Spring Mound".  The city was founded in 1909, on the outskirts of the city of Jaffa.  However, Tel Aviv soon grew bigger than Jaffa, so the two merged when Israel was made a country.  Tel Aviv is also known as the city that never sleeps, because the city literally has people out on the streets every hour of the day.  Because of this fact, the city is highly popular to tourists; they have over 1 million people visit the city each year.  But, the nightlife of the city is not its only strong point.  The city also has a large and powerful economy, the second largest in the Middle East and the country’s financial capital to be exact. In Tel Aviv, most of the population is Jewish, while only non-Jewish.  Because of this fact, there are over 500 synag...

Bialik house, photo by geller j. Bialik House is the home of the national poet Haim Nahman Bialik, Bialik Street 22, Tel Aviv , near the old Town Hall. Bialik had  a special connection to the city of Tel Aviv, he made it his home in 1926. The house was built on a plot financed by selling Bialik’s special edition of his writings. The house was inaugurated in 1925, was built in eclectic style by architect Joseph Minor. The garden was planted around the building that included plants from different regions in Israel, including the seven species. In addition to being a writer, poet, translator and publisher, the Bialik was also a prominent figure in social life in Tel Aviv. In this context, Bialik hosted regular guests at his home on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Bialik died in 1934 and shortly before his death had left his home in Tel Aviv, moved to Ramat Gan, and began preparations to build the house. During this time the family home was rented. after the death of Bialik, his...