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The magazine's wide range of activities included organizing symposia on urban-cultural topics, participating in the first Bat-Yam
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His first book of poems, "Let the Thorns Die," edited by
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In 2005, Alony founded "Block—City/Media/Theory/Architecture", a multidisciplinary urban magazine. Alony was the magazine's co-editor-in-chief. The magazine was distributed by Keter
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The book opens with Matan choosing to let a patient die during brain surgery, despite the different choice at his disposal – performing split brain surgery. The narrative goes back in time, when the patient, Nadine, arrives in Israel to interview Matan for a profile
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Israeli dramas based on Israeli fiction), in collaboration with The New Fund for Cinema and TV, which was aired on
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German, Arabic, and Hebrew, both in text and audio. Each story is uniquely displayed with video images. The project allows free access and is adaptable to any digital device. The project is supported by
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community settlement in the Arava area; the expansion of kibbutzim and moshavim; the planning of residential neighborhoods and commercial areas in
Budapest, and commercial centers in Serbia.
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