Monthly Archives: January 2020

World leaders come to Israel

Posted on January 26, 2020

46+ heads of state and their entourages attended the fifth World Holocaust Forum, “Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism,” at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp at the end of … Continue reading →

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My wedding can wait

Posted on January 26, 2020

Mordechai, a volunteer MDA first responder, was traveling to his own wedding with his ambulance driver friend, when they noticed two vehicles had crashed. Despite being in wedding suits, they immediately administered first aid until an ambulance arrived to take … Continue reading →

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After the rain

Posted on January 26, 2020

A 13-year-old Israeli boy went out with his family ​​in Caesarea after recent downpours. He saw a stone slab uncovered by heavy rainfall and (from his school archaeology studies) recognized Greek letters. Israel’s Antiquity Authority identified it as a Byzantine … Continue reading →

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Israel’s kosher food industry

Posted on January 26, 2020

Over 80% of Israel’s $20 billion food industry is kosher. Most of Israel’s 1,800 food processing facilities produce kosher food. Multi-nationals like Nestlé, Unilever, Danone and Pepsi Co. partner with Israeli food companies such as Osem and Strauss. Most exports … Continue reading →

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The world’s oldest working journalist

Posted on January 26, 2020

96-year-old Walter Bingham is in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest living radio talk-show host. Last year, the star of “The Walter Bingham Show” on Israel News Talk Radio became the oldest Israeli skydiver. Ex-Kindertransport, he took part … Continue reading →

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A Lebanese female Master Chef in Israel

Posted on January 26, 2020

When Farah Raslan fled from Lebanon to Israel, she did not speak a word of Hebrew. She now has a Masters’ degree in biotechnology. She has also reached the finals of Israel’s Master Chef by preparing authentic Lebanese cuisine.  (Make … Continue reading →

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Food for lawmakers

Posted on January 26, 2020

Jerusalem has opened the Mitbahon, a new culinary complex, in Wohl Rose Park, opposite the Knesset and adjacent to the Supreme Court. It will include three mobile food trucks from leading Jerusalem restaurants that will be rotated monthly. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Jlm-Heritage-Ministry-inaugurate-restaurant-complex-in-Wohl-Rose-Park-614054

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Israel’s first luxury hotel to be restored

Posted on January 26, 2020

Israeli hotel chain Fattal Hotels Ltd has acquired the building that once housed the Palatin Hotel, Tel Aviv’s first luxury hotel, built in 1926. It is investing NIS 150 million to restore Tel Aviv’s first luxury hotel to its former … Continue reading →

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Israel is my playground

Posted on January 26, 2020

Don’t try this at home.  24-year-old Austrian biker and urban free-rider Fabio Wibner came to Israel and filmed a six-minute video of his amazing bike-riding skills. He wheelies around Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Masada and the Ramon … Continue reading →

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Three joint homeland security projects

Posted on January 26, 2020

The Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation is granting $2.3 million to 3 US-Israeli security projects. Israeli startups involved are Blue White Robotics (drone control), S.H. Goren (indoor GPS for first responders) and Cawamo (video security). https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-israel-fund-to-invest-in-3-joint-homeland-security-rd-projects/

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