From top events during the next week to the best new bars and shops, celebrate everything amazing about our beautiful city, by Secret Tel Aviv.

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Number 1THE SUKKAH

For a week Israelis make the Sukkah their home

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Sukkot is a widely celebrated festival in Israel, a time to be with family and friends. People take pride in building and decorating their Sukkah, and host cool events. It’s not too late to get a Sukkah from Kikar Rabin till 2pm today, cool meetups include a 2-day Empathy Cafe, and a Standup Comedy Night with Benji Lovitt on Wednesday. Chag Sameach from Secret Tel Aviv!

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Number 2TIYULS

Camping under the stars also counts for Sukkot

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Sign up to an organised tiyul on Tuesday with Nefesh B’Nefesh and OneDay Social Volunteering, and next weekend there’s a Community Tiyul and a Finjan Tiyul in the Negev Highland.

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Number 3MUSIC FESTIVALS

Camp out in Music Festivals and Nature Parties

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The five-day Tamar Music Festival in Masada starts on Monday. Find your inner-self at Zorba in the desert from Wednesday. Reggae in the Desert is Friday-Saturday, and the Neverland Electronic Festival is Sunday-Monday. There’s also cool parties next Saturday by E-Boded and Monochrome.

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Number 4

SCIENCE FICTION

Dress up for the Icon Festival Tuesday to Thursday

 

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If you love science fiction, superheroes and comics, this is for you! Every Sukkot the Cinematheque hosts the Icon SciFi Festival on Tuesday to Thursday with over 250 events, including best costume contest! For kids, The Offbits Festival (Tuesday to Thursday), and the Mini-Maker Fair in Jerusalem next Monday, also look cool.

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Number 5SHOPPING

Next weekend: Huge clothes market

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Pick up some cool new threads next weekend at the T:Market Sukkot Designer Market at Dubnov 8, with clothes and accessories from up-and-coming Israeli designers. 

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CYCLE TEL AVIV

On Friday morning Tel Aviv hosts its annual race

 

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Cycle Tel Aviv is an annual event held on the Friday in Sukkot, where the weather is perfect for a ride. There’s a beginners’ 8km route, 21km, 40km, and 60km for the pros + a rollerblading. For cycling lovers­ this is the festival of the year! Roads are shut between 4am to 1pm.

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Number 7EATING

We’ve updated our Best Restaurants Guide

 

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We’ve updated our Best Restaurants Guide to include Teder’s new Eyal Shani pizza-bar, and we’ve added Shila (pictured above) and Zakaim. TEDER.FM is hosting some cool events this week, check out street artist Pilipeled’s pop up shop Tuesday to Thursday and the Tatran concert on Wednesday. 

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Number 8NEW YEAR, NEW JOB

We’ve added 50 new jobs to the Jobs Board in the last week

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Spice up your career with a new job – check out the Secret Tel Aviv Jobs Board for loads of exciting new opportunities. Keep checking back over the coming days as people return from the chagim. 

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Number 9HOLIDAY SNAPS

Some of our favourite photos in the Group from the chagim

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From top-left, going clockwise. ‘First morning of the New Year’ by Niv Glazman; ‘Selichot at the Kotel’ by Nimrod M Levy; ‘Yom Kippur in South Tel Aviv’ by Evyatar Dayan; and ‘Yom Kippur on Ayalon’ by Eli Shiri. Like and follow their Facebook Pages and Instagrams for more cool photos.

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PEACE!

Our wish for the New Year

 

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Adar Weinreb of Joy Records recreated his ‘Peace’ sign on Ayalon Highway during Yom Kippur. Adar also recently made an amazing viral video experiment with HolyLanders that had over 1 million views. Join him on 11th November for a Peace Congress in Kikar Rabin.

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