Service by Night

 Vintage British Railways poster from 1955. Departing trains from King's Cross Station.

David Shepherd for British Railways

Dalston Kingsland 80s

Dalston Kingsland station pictured in 1984. This photo was taken as part of the One Day Off project in the early 1980s. A few years back in 2016 an archive of 12,000 images was discovered in the basement of Hackney's Rio Cinema. It's an absolute treasure trove of local history from the turbulent 80s that brings to life the street scenes of the area and everyday experiences of Hackney citizens.

                                

One Day Off Project. Rio Cinema archives

Gorny Monastery

The Russian Orthodox Gorny Monastery in the western Jerusalem hillside, close to picturesque Ein Kerem.

Ilan Shacham

Rave Revival

In the absence of clubs and the traditional nightlife scene, illegal outdoor raves are now popping up on the outskirts of cities throughout Europe such as in Berlin, Paris, and London.  

It was a different time and place, but I vividly remember the warehouse and parking garage raves along Kibbutz Galuyot and Derekh Ben Zvi in South Tel Aviv's those in vacant lots and buildings in the industrial areas beyond the Ayalon Freeway. This was circa 2007-2012. They were also secretly organized each weekend. Today similar outdoor raves are taking place in the forests outside Jerusalem and the fields in Gush Dan. While circumstances are certainly different, the reasons that pull young people to such social events is the same.

In the photo below French youth gather in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis for an open-air party.

Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt AFP Getty Images

Hotel Montefiore Al Fresco

The Hotel Montefiore, a Tel Aviv institution which sits on a small but busy side street off Allenby, recently revamped its dining services during the pandemic. The adjacent parking lot has now been converted into an al fresco outdoor seating area for the hotel's ground floor restaurant. Even in these crazy times, it's Tel Aviv at its atmospheric best.

Jessica Steinberg. Times of Israel.

מצעד של חיילים יהודים המשרתים בצבא הבריטי, 1942

Yishuv volunteers in the British army march on 'Jewish Soldiers Day' in Tel Aviv. 

September 27th 1942.

National Photo Collection of Israel

Kibbutz Nir David

Kibbutz members at Nir David in the Beit She'an Valley voted for the first time to open the section of the river that passes through its grounds to the general Israeli public. Given the mass number of citizens who have been flocking to Israel's nature reserves and national parks, often shattering the tranquility of many places, it will be interesting to see how the decision plays out. On an ethical level, I'm proud of this move, but hope that the overall quality of the area's natural beauty and surrounding ecosystem won't be compromised.

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