Monthly Archives: January 2020

Learn Hebrew from milk cartons

Posted on January 19, 2020

The birthday of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, father of modern spoken Hebrew, is also Hebrew Language Day in Israel.  This year, on 16th Jan, the Academy of the Hebrew Language, together with Tnuva, have printed groups of Hebrew words on the … Continue reading →

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New club house for lone soldiers

Posted on January 19, 2020

The charity Lone Soldier Center caters for the physical and social needs of around 7,000 IDF soldiers who came to Israel without their parents. It had been operating a Jerusalem club in the basement in Yafo Street. It now moves … Continue reading →

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Safed gets its first traffic light

Posted on January 19, 2020

Israel’s Northern city of Safed (Tzfat) and its cobbled alleyways have been the center of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah since the 16th century. Modern technology, however, has finally caught up with it, as its popularity with tourists has resulted in … Continue reading →

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Bags of room on Israeli bus

Posted on January 19, 2020

A 19-year-old US tourist discovered that Israeli bus drivers are sometimes too keen to keep to the timetable. He was trapped inside the luggage compartment whilst extracting his suitcase. As the bus drove off, he phoned the police who tracked … Continue reading →

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Israeli becomes Formula One test driver

Posted on January 19, 2020

British Formula One motor racing team and constructor ROKiT Williams Racing has signed 25-year-old Israeli Roy Nissany to their 2020 driver lineup. He will test drive in Formula One and race in Formula Two until he gains enough points to … Continue reading →

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Israel Space Week

Posted on January 19, 2020

The events being held for Israel Space Week at the end of Jan include the Bloomfield Science museum Jerusalem marking 50 years of the first Moon landing. Visitors to Netanya Planetanya can pretend to be astronauts and the Israeli Space … Continue reading →

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Israel’s first Olympic skiing medals

Posted on January 19, 2020

17-year-old Israeli Noa Szollos made history by winning two skiing medals at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. She won silver in the Alpine Combined and bronze in the Super G, to gain Israel’s first ever winter games medals … Continue reading →

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Israeli MasterChef judge to feed Microsoft employees

Posted on January 19, 2020

Microsoft has hired celebrity TV chef Haim Cohen to oversee six dining areas available to employees in its new campus in the central Israeli town of Herzliya. Cohen owns two Tel Aviv restaurants and is currently a judge on the … Continue reading →

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CNN and UK Times recommend yet-to-open hotel

Posted on January 19, 2020

The Six Senses Shaharut hotel in Israel’s Negev desert has been recommended by CNN as well as the UK’s Times as one of the top new lodges to stay at in 2020. “The perfect destination for the intrepid luxury traveler” … Continue reading →

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The Jews of Yemen

Posted on January 19, 2020

A new exhibition “From Sheba to Jerusalem” at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, displays the history and culture of the (now non-existent) Jews of Yemen and South Arabia. They traded with the land of Israel and in the 4th … Continue reading →

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