SOUTH Get your new clothes for Rosh Hashana at one of the Women's International Zionist Organization's (WIZO) second-hand store's special clothes fair this Wednesday. Refresh your wardrobe with Beersheba's finest vintage fashions, featuring special white pieces for the upcoming holidays. Don't just look good, but feel good when buying the clothes because all profits from the fair will go to needy women and children, as do all profits of WIZO's second-hand stores. The event will take place on September 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1 Weizmann Street, Beersheba. For more information about the clothing sale call (08) 627-7714. NORTH Druse remembrance marathon The fifth race for fallen Druse soldiers will take place on Friday morning, September 15, at Nabi Shu'ayb near Tiberias. This year, the event will be in honor of the two Druse policemen, Haiel Stawi and Kamil Shnaan, killed in the Temple Mount terrorist shooting in July. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot and other public figures will be taking part in the event. Registration for the race closes on September 12 and costs NIS 50 for the three-kilometer walk, NIS 90 for the five-kilometer run, NIS 120 for the 10- or 15-kilometer runs, NIS 90 for the 17-kilometer bike ride and NIS 120 for the 30-kilometer bike ride. The race starts at 6 a.m. and the closing ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. To sign up and for more information about the event, visit www.bshvilhabanim.org.il or call (04) 839-4304. CENTER Munich suds in Sarona Oktoberfest beer festival is coming back to Beer Garden in Tel Aviv's Sarona complex September 13 to 15 with live performances, hot dog stands and the authentic feeling of participating in the German festivities. The event will feature Paulaner's unique Oktoberfest beer, a 6% light lager brew imported specially from Germany, along with an array of other Paulaner beers. The festival starts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and will take place from 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Friday. Renowned Italian artist exhibits new paintings Florence-born painter Piero Cividalli will be showing his new works at the Efrat Gallery in Tel Aviv in a special exhibition on Saturday night. Born in 1926 to a noble Italian family, the renowned artist moved to pre-state Israel at age 12, where he had a difficult time adjusting to Israeli life and later returned to Italy for a period to learn art. His works have been featured at dozens of exhibitions in Israel and abroad and he taught art at various Israeli schools for 30 years. The exhibition will take place on September 9 at 7:30 p.m. at 21 Gordon Street, Tel Aviv. For more information call the Efrat Gallery at (03) 523-7624. Tel Aviv meets its Odessan roots Odessa is coming to the Eretz Israel Museum on Thursday for a cultural festival that will give you a glimpse into the historic Ukrainian city that greatly inspired Tel Aviv culture. The festival will feature Israeli music and dance performances, lectures, interactive theater, as well as other forms of art that exhibit historic Odessan culture. The Ukrainian port city is also known as “the lab that created Tel Aviv” for the many prominent figures – such as Haim Nahman Bialik, Ahad Ha'am, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Meir Dizengoff and Isaac Babel – who lived there in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the time of the rise of Zionism, before bringing their influence to Israel. The culture festival will take place on September 14 from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight at 2 Haim Levanon St. in Tel Aviv. Tickets cost NIS 70, NIS 55 for students and NIS 45 for Tel Aviv Municipality's Digitel club cardholders. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.eretzmuseum.org.il. COUNTRYWIDE Digitizing aliya for a smoother move New online services have been created to make immigrating to Israel easier than ever. From Hebrew language classes offered online by MobileUlpan at mobileulpan.com, to finding a hi-tech job at one of Israel's startups using ICVapp – coined the “Tinder for hi-tech” – and the new dating app “See You in Israel,” developed to match like-minded olim and potential olim, making the move can be as easy as swiping right. Nefesh B'Nefesh's website also has an array of helpful online tools, including an online post-aliya guide and directory to easily contact government offices. And for a completely fuss-free move, the Tamarim concierge service, founded by two former new immigrants, provides assistance such as arranging for installations, deliveries and other day-to-day services commonly needed by newcomers to Israel at tamarimconcierge.com.
Brews on offer for Oktoberfest at Paulaner’s Beer Garden in Sarona.(photo credit: DAVID BAR)Updated: Read More