Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Holiday Lights and Nights in Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s festive lights were enchanting – both in the Botanical Gardens and on the Streets of Jerusalem. https://rjstreets.com/2022/12/18/holiday-lights-and-nights-in-jerusalem/

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Children discover a 2,000-year-old lamp

Three children from Kibbutz Parod in the northern Galilee found a 2,000-year-old oil lamp in the kibbutz grounds. It sheds light on the size of the ancient Jewish community of that area as the discovery was outside the site where … Continue reading

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Israel Philharmonic performs in UAE

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed a historic concert at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Watch the Youtube recording of the first time that the IPO played the Israeli National Anthem HaTikvah (The hope) in an Arab country. The whole … Continue reading

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Esports Peace Games

The first-ever Abraham Accords Esports Peace Games will take place in Tel Aviv (Jan 26 – 28). The digital video-gaming championship will feature competitors from Israel, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco, among others, aiming to … Continue reading

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Israelis celebrate Messi’s World Cup win

Most Israelis were happy that Lionel Messi finally achieved his ambition to help win the World Soccer Cup for Argentina. Messi has visited Israel several times (see here previously). Then in 2020, Messi became global ambassador for Israel’s OrCam Technologies. … Continue reading

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Turning trash into art

The Center for Environmental Education inside Hiriya Recycling Park (see here previously) is exhibiting “Out of Sight” – an installation of thousands of discarded colored plastic bags. Also “Second Chance” – a model of artist Suly Bornstein Wolff’s own house, … Continue reading

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Benefits of free trade with Korea

As reported here previously, a new Free Trade Agreement with (South) Korea came into effect on 5th Dec 2022. This article lists many of the benefits for Israeli imports and exports. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-725034

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Amazon’s security partner of the year

Israel’s Orca Security (see here previously) has been chosen as Amazon Web Services’ global security partner of the year for 2022 in recognition of its contribution to the web giant’s cloud computing platform and its customers. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-company-named-2022-aws-global-security-partner/

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Analyzing French wastewater

French water company CAPI is employing Israel’s Kando (see here previously) to implement smart wastewater data management for 22 municipalities serving 100,000+ customers in south-east France. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kando-partners-with-communaute-dagglomeration-des-portes-de-lisere-capi-to-protect-frances-environment-through-wastewater-intelligence-301698176.html

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Preventing food waste in the Netherlands

Israel’s Wasteless (see here previously) is rolling out its dynamic pricing systems across 70 Hoogvliet stores in the Netherlands. The Wasteless algorithm will automatically update prices on the shelf, within Hoogvliet’s store operations app, and at the checkout. https://nocamels.com/2022/09/supermarkets-use-ai-to-cut-prices/

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