Metro

Happily Eva After: Times, they are a-interestin’

Eva ruminates on dating in the 21st century.

By EVA

What’s the catch?

Tuvia Tenenbom wows the crowd at the Begin Center at the launch of his book ‘Catch the Jew!’

On the fast track?

The opening of the railway to Netivot will bring the sleepy southern town closer to the Center.

By EYAL LEVY

Wading Through Widowhood: Passover perspective

Has the Halacha changed in the days since I got married? Why is everything so much crazier today?

City Notes: Acre hosts ‘special olympics’ on Good Deeds Day

A roundup of local affairs.

By COMPILED BY TAMARA ZIEVE

Conference on Conversos

Many Israeli companies are celebrating milestone anniversaries or are in the process of planning milestone anniversaries within the next year or two.

Berliners in the Land of Milky and Honey

Tel Avivians have made headlines for flocking to Berlin, but are Berliners equally attracted to Tel Aviv?

By ORIT ARFA

Showtime

Cultural events to look out for.

A World Heritage Site to see

Up until the mid-1980s, Bauhaus-style buildings could be torn down and turned into new developments.

By JOHN BENZAQUEN

The Rishon-Ramle route

A short drive is long on forgotten buildings from Ottoman-era Palestine.

The Druse of the Upper Galilee

Taking advantage of their wonderful location, the Druse have developed a tourist infrastructure for the villages and their environs.

By ITSIK MAROM

A culinary festival starring the women next door

The Toshavim Mevashlim Festival gives amateur chefs a chance to shine.

By BUZZY GORDON

Home cooking

Ayelet Tsioni serves choice Israeli cuisine at Baronita.

City Notes: Children’s ‘Book Parade’ takes place in Haifa

A roundup of local affairs.

By COMPILED BY TAMARA ZIEVE

Grapevine: Captive audience

Schalit, 28, is currently a student at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, where prominent figures from Israel and the world at large are often among the guest speakers.

Showtime

Cultural events in the weeks to come.

Holon’s new baby

The Tif Taf Center is a novel learning facility for children under three – and their parents.

By ORI J. LENKINSKI

Bean and seen

Diplocoffee, a multicultural, international meeting of diplomats from coffee-producing countries and local businesspeople, is Israel’s latest gastrodiplomacy enterprise.

Mayor to MK

‘Metro’ profiles six candidates who hope to draw on their local political experience in the 20th Knesset.

By SHULY WASSERSTROM,TAMARA ZIEVE,SAM SOKOL

It’s a wrap for plastic bags

With new legislation, Israel’s ‘nylon’ carrier bags will become scarcer and, ultimately, obsolete.

Western Galilee college launches women’s empowerment business program

A round up of local affairs.

By COMPILED BY TAMARA ZIEVE

Up close and personal

An exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Robert Capa’s work looks at the patterns in the legendary photojournalist’s pictures.

A feeling about filming

Three decades on, movie maker Doron Eran believes that cinema can change the way people think.

The ticketbusters

A start-up comes to the aid of long-suffering motorists who have felt the long arm of the law while struggling to find parking.

By BUZZY GORDON

Street style: By design

Style coach Elana Shap and photographer Natalie Muallem search for style in Jaffa’s Noga Quarter.

By ELANA SHAP

How to cope

‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ Fox News. Never heard of ’em.

Northern residents block road to protest negligence

A roundup of local stories from across the country.

By COMPILED BY TAMARA ZIEVE

Wading through widowhood :Memories

It’s how you lived your life that counts, not how long you managed to shlepp through it.

Up to the challenge

A revised law lays the foundation for a more inclusive society.

By JNS.ORG

Going the extra mile

AKIM-Jerusalem’s annual trek is a great opportunity to raise money for a good cause, take in some beautiful sights and meet new people.

By NAAMA BARAK