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Entries from July 2008

Aroma, Israel’s most popular coffee chain takes off in Toronto

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

by Jonathan Arenson
With the days of summer quickly flying by and my third year at Ryerson University fast approaching, I began thinking of what is required for a successful school year:
1) Go to lectures: In those seemingly unimportant lectures, where a fraction of the class actually shows up, professors will give out extremely valuable information [...]

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Tags: Food

Why camels in the Holy Land are like Moose in the Great White North

July 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

by Paul Shindman
Every now and then you start reading a news story     and some 25 watt bulb goes on in the back of your  mind. By the time you’re a few graphs down, it hit’s 40 watts and that subconcious thought bubbles to the surface of my brain.
Such it was with the tragic story of [...]

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Tags: Environment

Bedouins and Israeli Jews Bridge the East-West Divide Through Music

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

by Karin Kloosterman

(Image credit: Karin Kloosterman)
If you are a Canadian and never been to Israel, it’s unlikely that you’ve seen anything like this picture in your life. This is a snapshot of a Rababator concert at the East West House in Jaffa a while back. What might strike some people are the coffee grinders that [...]

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Tags: Art · Music