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Dizengoff Square

Shiri Tamam, an Israeli-Canadian, holds a photo of an Israeli soldier killed in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, during a ceremony at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square marking two years since the invasion that sparked the Gaza war, October 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
October 7, 2025, 2:59 pm
In grassroots initiative, Israelis clean Oct. 7 memorial, reframe photos of those killed
Vigil and moment of silence held at makeshift memorial in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square, as crowds help install and frame new, rain-proof photos of some 2,000 fallen
By ToI Staff
Israelis walk by a large billboard reading 'Israel is strong and will win' on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 26, 2024, 9:58 am
On Tel Aviv’s once-bustling Dizengoff, business owners lament another casualty of war
After tourism drops by roughly 75% since the Israel-Hamas conflict began in October, vendors say costs are up as sales are down — and they see no bailout on the horizon
By Jennifer Korn
This aerial view shows people attending a candle-lit vigil for at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2023, marking one month since the Hamas massacre. (Jack Guez/AFP)
November 7, 2023, 11:06 pm
Israel marks one month since Hamas massacre with vigils, memorials, protests
In Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Eilat and across the country, citizens gather to mourn Oct. 7 atrocities as nation grapples with the worst attack in its history
By Amy Spiro
A scene from the 1300 Candle Vigil in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on October 12, 2023. (Eli Katzoff)
October 13, 2023, 10:56 am
At impromptu Tel Aviv vigil, accidental documentarian covers war’s ‘little stories’
In under two minutes, American filmmaker Eli Katzoff captures spontaneous ‘1,300 Candle Vigil’ in Dizengoff Square, recording how a united Israel mourns together in public
By Gavriel Fiske
A protester tackling Rabbi Leo Dee as he prays at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 5, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 5, 2023, 1:34 pm
Tel Aviv officials, activists disrupt protest prayer led by terror-bereaved rabbi
Municipal workers dismantle sex-segregation barrier placed in Dizengoff Square by Rabbi Leo Dee and other worshipers in response to confrontations over the divider on Yom Kippur
By Canaan Lidor
Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Birkat HaKohanim priestly blessing at the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 2, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 8:16 pm
Worshipers hail ‘remedial’ priestly prayer in Jerusalem after Tel Aviv confrontation
Many at the vast event at the Western Wall describe it as a corrective experience
By Canaan Lidor
Protesters shout at Israel Zeira (right), founder of the Orthodox Jewish group Rosh Yehudi, which set up a gender divider for a public prayer event on Yom Kippur in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
September 29, 2023, 11:11 am
Fearing religious takeover, activists see ‘secular awakening’ in Yom Kippur fray
The breaking up of a prayer event over gender segregation has galvanized liberals worried about a slide into coercion, with battle lines mirroring divisions found in overhaul fight
By Canaan Lidor
Hila Galili demonstrates at a prayer rally against the government on September 29, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 29, 2023, 7:28 am
At a Tel Aviv prayer rally, anti-government protesters channel ‘a different Judaism’
Event born out of secular-religious clashes and a demonstration against far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir marks an unusual mix of faith and politics
By Canaan Lidor
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits south Tel Aviv on September 3, 2023, a day after Eritrean migrants rioted in the area. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 6:55 pm
Facing wave of pressure, Ben Gvir cancels planned Tel Aviv prayer rally
Far-right minister says he is happy ‘the extreme left’ backed down from plans to protest future prayers; Gantz condemns ‘both sides’ of Yom Kippur clashes in city
By ToI Staff
File: National Security Itamar Ben Gvir visits south Tel Aviv, September 3, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 2:45 pm
Pressure mounts on Ben Gvir to ‘lower the flames,’ call off Tel Aviv prayer rally
Many in coalition, including PM, urge minister to stay away following Yom Kippur clashes; Opposition Leader Lapid tells secular activists not to give him limelight by protesting
By Michael Horovitz
A woman argues with Rosh Yehudi activists at a mass street prayer for Yom Kippur on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
September 26, 2023, 10:55 pm
Ben Gvir, protesters plan rival Dizengoff prayer rallies, drawing broad rebuke
Right-wing politicians, including PM, urge lowering of flames after Yom Kippur fray, as Lapid tells activists to stay away; mayor threatens to bar future Rosh Yehudi services
By Canaan Lidor
Secular and Orthodox Israelis at a contested public prayer service in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 25, 2023, 7:11 pm
Activists block public Tel Aviv Yom Kippur prayers as Orthodox group sets gender divider
Angry scenes at Dizengoff Square gatherings on Sunday, Monday after Rosh Yehudi group defies courts, puts up improvised flag barrier between men and women; similar tussles elsewhere
By ToI Staff
About 2,000 worshipers attend the Yom Kippur Neilah prayer at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 5, 2022. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Tel Aviv)
September 24, 2023, 11:54 am
Orthodox group says will hold Tel Aviv public prayer despite ban on gender divider
Though municipality and courts rejected request to segregate genders in public space, Rosh Yehudi reverses its declared intention to nix its two Yom Kippur events
By ToI Staff
Men and women sit together at an event held by Rosh Yehudi on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on November 10, 2022. The event featured a mechitzah, or divide. (Courtesy of Rosh Yehudi)
September 23, 2023, 6:37 pm
Supreme Ct. rejects gender divider for Yom Kippur prayers at central Tel Aviv square
Judges side with lower court and municipality, say decision follows ‘prevailing public policy’ against gender segregation
By Michael Horovitz
A bird's-eye view of about 2,000 worshipers as they attend the Yom Kippur Ne'ilah prayer in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on October 5, 2022. (Courtesy of Rosh Yehudi)
September 21, 2023, 3:17 pm
Annual Yom Kippur mass prayer tests the limits of Tel Aviv’s vaunted liberalism
City has prohibited the placing of a divider between men and women at popular street event that draws 2,000 Orthodox and secular participants; as things stand, it won’t go ahead
By Canaan Lidor
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