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General Information The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities The Sverdlin Institute for Latin American History and Culture XIV International Research Conference of LAJSA "Latin American Jewish Experiences through Plural Lenses" 26-27-28 July 2009 General Information General Information 1) The following bus lines stop at the TAU Campus: 6, 7, 13, 24, 25, 27, 45, 49, 100, 121, 127, 274. 2) All ConferenCe sessions will be held on the Tel Aviv University Campus, in Webb Building, Rooms: 001, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105. 3) Internet serviCe: Free Internet serviCes will be available in room 002, Webb Building, during the days of the ConferenCe. The city of Tel Aviv Hotels, hostels and guest houses Melody Hotel Address: 220 Hayarkon, Tel Aviv. Tel:+972‐3‐5215300 Fax: +972‐3‐5215301 Tal Hotel Address: 287 Hayarkon, Tel Aviv. Tel: +972‐3‐5425500 Fax: +972‐3‐5425501 Cinema Hotel Address: 1 Zamenhoff, Tel Aviv. Tel:+972‐3‐5207100 Fax: +972‐3‐5207101 City Hotel Address: 9 Mapu, Tel Aviv. Tel: +972‐3‐5246253 Fax: + 972‐3‐5246250 Art+ Hotel Address: 35 Ben Yehuda, Tel Aviv. Tel: 972‐3‐5425555 Fax: 972‐3‐5467687 Center Hotel Address: 2 Zanemhoff, Tel Aviv. Tel: +972‐3‐5266100 Fax: +972‐3‐5266101 Old Jaffa Hostel Address: 13 Amiad, Jaffa. Tel: 972‐3‐6822370 E‐mail: [email protected] Tel‐Aviv Guest House & Youth Hostel Address: 36 Bnei Dan, Tel Aviv. Tel: 972‐3‐5460719 E‐mail: [email protected] Gordon Inn guest house Address: 17 Gordon, Tel‐Aviv. Tel: 972‐3‐5238239 E‐mail: [email protected] Attractions and Landmarks Ben Gurion House Private Home of First Prime Minister Tel: 03 522 1010 Address: 17 Ben Gurion Boulevard, Tel Aviv Downtown Lots of ChoiCes Hayarkon, Ben Yehuda, Allenby, Tel Aviv Florentine Working Class, bohemian distriCt South of the City bordered by DereCh Yafo Street, Ha'aliya, DereCh Shalma y Avravnal, Tel Aviv The Great Sinagogue Beautifully Ornate Synagogue Tel: 03 560 4905 / 03 560 4066 Address: 110 Allenby, Tel Aviv Jaffa Port The oldest port in the world Tel: 03 604 2222 Address: Jaffa Port road, Tel Aviv Neve Tzedek Charming bohemian neighborhood Tel: 03 527 2691 Southwest of Allenby Street via RothsChild Boulevard, Tel Aviv Suzanne Dellal Center HistoriC Cultural Centre Tel: 03 510 5656 Address: 6 Yehieli St., Tel Aviv Beit Bialik Museum and former house of the National Poet Tel: 03 604 2222 Address: 22 Bialik St, Tel Aviv "Beit Hatefutsoth" Museum Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora Tel: 03 7457800 Address : TAU Campus Helena Rubenstein Pavilion Cream of Israeli Art Tel: 03 528 7196 Address: 6 Tarsat St., Tel Aviv Museum of Israeli Art ExClusive showCase of israeli artists Tel: 03 752 1876 Address: 146 Abba Hillel St., Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Museum of Art Pleasures for the eye and mind Tel: 03 695 7361 Address: 27 Shaul HameleCh Boulevard, Tel Aviv Palmach Museum ExperienCial museum Tel: 03‐6436393 Address : 10 Haim Levanon, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv Carmel Market An anthropologiCal and gastronomiC adventure Address : LoCated between Allenby St. And the seashore Open daily exCept Saturday from 8.00 am until evening Nahalat Binyamin Israel’s main Crafts fair showCase. An amazing array of loCally made items. Address: LoCated on Nahalat Binyamin St., starting from Allenby. Tuesdays and Fridays from 10.00 am to 17.00 pm. For more information Please see the oficial web site of the Tel Aviv MuniciPality: httP://www.visit‐tlv.com/ .
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