Articles
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DEAD SEA SPECTACULAR BEACHES ARE BACK FOR BATHERS!
After a period of two months, the Tamar Regional Council is opening the beaches back up to the public. According to the required regulations of the Ministry of Health the beaches will open on Wednesday, 20th May, 2020.
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SHAVUOT - a holiday celebration in Israel
Shavuot is a one-day holiday with many names, dozens of traditions and recipes galore. Agricultural festivals, sales in shops and supermarkets, children dancing and performing and much much more. Read on to see what it is all about ....
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PASSOVER - A FAMILY CELEBRATION?
The great Jewish 'family' celebration is on the horizon and corona is with us still. How are we going to cope with the restrictions upon us?
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TAMAR MUSIC FESTIVAL NO. 21 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
Lockdown is easing off, some kind of normalcy is returning and summer is on its way! With hope in our hearts and belief that we will beat this crisis, plans are well and truly underway for this year's music festival.
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CORONA - A GLOBAL CRISIS
It is not new news, it is not fake news but it is sad news. The world is in isolation. Corona has quickly and quietly circled its way around the globe and changed the day to day life of every human being. So what about the lowest place on earth?
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SPRING HAS ARRIVED AND MOTHER NATURE DOESN'T LET A PANDEMIC BOTHER HER
Whilst the lock-down continues for us mere mortals, nature is oblivious to our problems and continues to blossom and bloom. The sun is shining outside and offers hope and promise for better days ahead.
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OUR NEW MAYOR - 100 DAYS ON.
A new mayor, 100 days in charge, a lot of hope, many issues and dilemmas and now the corona! – who is the man that took on this tremendous task?
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SISTER CITY - BAD KISSINGEN
Our sister city, Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany is, as are most all of us, in the midst of the corona crisis too. But elections still took place and the results are in.
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THE DEAD SEA LAND MARATHON No. 2 - A SUCCESS STORY
The Dead Sea Land Marathon No. 2 has been and gone! For the second year running, sportsmen from all over the world travel to the Dead Sea, Israel and take part in a race that is second to none globally. Running on the Dead Sea sounds like an impossible d
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EDUCATION AND CORONA
In February the Tamar Regional High School held a seminar on Design Thinking in Education. This programme is run in co-operation and under the guidance of Stanford University, USA. So what is Design Thinking in Education?
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SISTER CITY - BAD KISSINGEN
Twenty-three years and still going strong! A wonderful delegation of young and slightly older, descended upon the Dead Sea this month to take part in the Dead Sea Marathon. Read on to find out how successful their visit was for one and all.
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THE DEAD SEA LAND MARATHON IS ON ITS WAY!
We are all ready steady go! for the up and coming Dead Sea Land Marathon. Are you all geared up, fit and trained - 50 km is the maximum. RUNNING ON THE DEAD SEA – THE DEAD SEA LAND MARATHON THE DEAD SEA MARATHON RUNS ON 7th FEBRUARY, 2020
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ARE YOU COLD THIS WINTER?
Freezing rain, slush and sleet, snow and storms, winds and gales. All of these are familiar to you after all it is WINTER!! So what are your options to get away from the depressing weather? ...
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HANUKKAH AT THE LOWEST PLACE ON EARTH
Lighting up the skies, the Dead Sea, the mountains, the communities, the gardens and everyone's homes. What a magical time to be in Israel and at the Dead Sea.
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HISTORY STRIKES AGAIN
With over 15 years of experience of archaeological excavations in and around Ein Gedi, Dr. Gideon Hadas and his team have been able to connect to ancient and fascinating periods - Time Travel!
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Singing their hearts out!
Spotlight on the singer groups proudly representing the council's localities – '' Desert Voices '' from the Neot HaKikar and Ein Tamar and the Ein Gedi Choir.
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SOMETHING NEW IS BEGINNING (the continuing story of education at Tamar)
Ever so quietly, every morning, the regional high school students in Ein Gedi wake up to a new educational reality that includes an emphasis on experiential learning and skills development in the modern world.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
The veteran residents of Neot HaKikar and Ein Tamar have, in recent months, enjoyed a variety of special activities within Beit Bereshit (Genesis), a social / cultural institution, which is home to dozens of residents of the community who are still in pow
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A WORLD OF CONTENT AND CULTURE
There is nothing we can do to defy nature! We will all get old eventually but the question is what do you do with your time on the way to old age?
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Following the Sounds in the Desert
The 20th birthday of the Tamar Festival and bar mitzva celebrations for the Indnegev Festival provide a great opportunity to experience two musical events that take place every autumn in the desert, attracting throngs of music lovers with a taste for indi