These days, hardly any other metropolis is being celebrated as much as Tel Aviv. Open-minded party city, Mecca for startups, “White city” and “Bauhaus ensemble”: an oasis in the midst of Israel’s, Palestine’s, and the Middle East’s national, religious, and violent conflicts. The exhibition “All about Tel Aviv-Jaffa” takes a look—together with Tel Aviv-born photographer Peter Loewy—behind the scenes of this successful city branding. It delves into the myths, abysses, and complex realities of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. A city that was built by legal and illegal immigrants and refugees and that keeps trying to reinvent itself—and to repress anything that is not “white.” More about the Emsiana festival  ►