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Israeli basketball fans danced with former New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire during a practice open to the public. Stoudemire signed a two-year deal in August to play for Hapoel Jerusalem.

You may have read about British-Israeli comedienne Diana Cass in the Jerusalem Post and .  Diana has organized an evening of stand-up comedy on Nov 3rd in Netanya.  The funny thing is that you only find out the address of the venue when you phone for tickets!

I reported previously on the Pirate Kings mobile game from Israel’s Jelly Button Games. It is now one of the most popular smartphone games designed in Israel, with 70 million downloads.

In its first-ever European soccer group stage match, tiny Beersheba beat three-time European Champions Inter Milan 2-0 in the Europa League at the Italians’ San Siro stadium.  It constituted one of the greatest wins by an Israeli club in European competitions.

Tourists will soon be flocking to Israel for the Jewish festivals, so it is a good time to tell you that our friend Samuel Green was recently awarded the title of “Best Bespoke Tour Operator in Tel Aviv” by Luxury Travel Guide.

Israeli athletes that won medals in the Rio Paralympics include Moran Samuel (rowing bronze in arms-shoulders women's single sculls), Doron Shaziri (shooting bronze in men’s 50-meter rifle three positions) and Inbal Pezaro (swimming bronze in women’s 200M individual medley)

“Scapegoat,” a short film by Bezalel Academy graduates Gal Haklay and Shulamit Tager, won first prize in the original design category at the 13th annual Animation Block Party Awards in Brooklyn.

Teder.fm is a pop-up radio bar, which appears every summer night at Beit Romano, a shopping mall located at Derech Yaffo 9 (Jaffa Street) Tel Aviv. In the evening, Teder (Hebrew for “frequency”) becomes a hip open air place with DJ music, beer and pizza.  By morning, it’s gone.

The day has arrived – the official opening of the smoke-free, no-alcohol, Sobar Music and Creative Arts Club for youth in downtown Jerusalem.  Head to Shoshan Street in back of Yaffo 19 at 7pm on Tues 27th Sept.

The Tmuna Theater’s 2016 International Theater, Performance and Dance Festival includes five dance productions - from Germany, Poland, the UK and Israel. There are 12 theater and dance premieres, workshops, movies and symposiums, all based around the works of Shakespeare.