50 of Tel Aviv's Most Intriguing Streets; The Lives Behind the Names

About the Author Miryam Sivan, originally from New York City, has lived for over twenty years in Israel. She holds a PhD in literature and teaches literature and writing at the University of Haifa. She has published a book-length study on Cynthia Ozick, Belonging Too Well: Portraits of Identity in Cynthia Ozick’s Fiction (SUNY, 2009). Sivan is also a fiction writer. Her books include SNAFU and Other Stories (Cuidono, 2014) and the novel Make It Concrete (Cuidono, 2019). Ziv Koren has been a professional photojournalist for over twenty-five years. He began his career as a photographer in the Israeli army. Today, Koren works for the Hebrew daily Israel Hayom, represents Polaris Images photo agency in Israel, and serves as a Canon Ambassador for EMEA. His documentary projects focus mainly on humanitarian issues in Israel and around the world, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, poverty, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the earthquake in Haiti, AIDS in South Africa, and more. In addition, he has documented the Israel Defense Forces for more than two decades, including military operations and Special Forces. Koren’s photographs have been widely published in the international media including Time magazine, Newsweek, the Sunday Times Magazine, Stern, Der Spiegel, Paris Match, Le Figaro, Corriere della Sera Magazine, and others. Ellin Yassky , with a specialized background in artbook publishing, is an award-winning, seasoned developmental editor and book producer who began her career in a boutique New York City publishing house. Over the course of her career, she has created and edited more than eighty publications, taking them from concept to completion. She holds a PhD from New York University in museum administration and lives and works in Tel Aviv. Product Description Without question, Tel Aviv is one of the world’s most compact and cosmopolitan destinations. It is 20 square miles of the finest art, music, fashion, and food in the world, sitting on the magnificent Mediterranean coastline and dotted with multitudinous green parks and promenades in which to provide shade and respite from the blistering summer sun. It’s the financial and start-up center of Israel and is often referred to as “Silicon Wadi,” a reference to it being the technology hub of Israel. It also happens to be filled with some of the world’s greatest architecture, ranging from its UNESCO-protected “White City,” featuring the world’s largest and best concentration of Bauhaus and International Style architecture, to masterpieces by I M Pei and Preston Scott Cohen. It’s also one of the world’s youngest cities, one that didn’t organically evolve upon millennia of history― it was purposefully and thoughtfully founded in 1909. A city looking toward the future. A city of modernity and culture in the midst of an ancient land and ancient peoples. Yet, when walking the streets of this incomparable city, you are cordially invited to a history lesson provided at every street corner with questions posed by its street names. Named after Tel Aviv’s greatest literary and political figures, these nods at Tel Aviv’s and Israel’s history beg the question, “Who was this person and what did they have to do with this city’s formation?” Those named after great philanthropists, statesmen, and scientists invite you to ponder the present-day results of their foresight, bravery, and vision. 50 of Tel Aviv’s Most Intriguing Streets: The Lives Behind the Names is posed to answer just those questions. Including more than 300 color photographs by acclaimed Israeli photographer, Ziv Koren, and iconic, historic photographs (many of them showing “then/now” comparisons, expressing the lightning speed at which this city moves forward in time) celebrate the visual evolution of this “City that Never Sleeps.” Insightful essays by Israeli/American writer and Professor of English Literature at Haifa University, Miryam Sivan, guide you through a brief, yet concise history of the person

Publisher:

Gefen Publishing Houlse

Pages:

134

Date Published:

2022-08-28