Revolutionizing tennis training
Israel’s Baseline Vision is transforming net sports, starting with tennis, by redefining how players, coaches, and academies approach training and competition. Its functions include performance tracking and accurate line calling, Baseline’s camera is installed on the net, and records all events.
An insider’s guide to Pardes Hanna
The Israeli city of Pardes Hanna-Karkur is undergoing gentrification. Proud resident Zachy Hennessey recommends local sites to visit include the Wadi, Blue Bus (for hummus), the Artist Stables, Sabba Yosi’s Farmer’s Market, Café Noyland, and Tzomet Karkur.
2,500-year-old burial site discovered
The Israel Antiquities Authority has uncovered an ancient tomb in Southern Israel containing merchant caravan wares and dozens of human burials. Jewelry, arrowheads, incense burner, all are dated to between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE. Attacks on traders would have been common.
Women’s ice hockey winners
In a dramatic 3-2 overtime win against Estonia, Israel’s women’s national ice hockey team secured a medal at the IIHF World Championships in Sarajevo. “This is a huge step forward for women’s hockey in Israel,” said head coach Melissa Wronzberg. Hear the National Anthem.
Green tours of National Library
To celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, the National Library of Israel conducted four sustainability tours (in Hebrew) all week of the museum’s “green” design. Highlights included the Rock Store’s 270,000 stones that store cool air at night, and the museum’s Mediterranean gardens.
Best large Jazz Ensemble album
Israeli musician Dan Pugach won a Grammy award in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album with his compilation title “Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence.”
Even more good
The song that all Israel is singing. Tamid Ohev Oti (Od Yoter Tov).
Israel’s wheelchair dance champion
Major feature article about Israel’s Tomer Margalit (see previously) who didn’t let paralysis prevent her from becoming a world class dancer.
See the colors of Jerusalem.
February in Jerusalem is full of color. A new lion, the Botanical Gardens, purple irises, white roses, lemon trees, Jerusalem Theater art, and (of course) yellow ribbons.
Top 100 wine
The US publication Wine Spectator selected White Label Judean Hills 2021 from Israeli winery Flam for its Top 100 Wines of 2024 list. “full-throttled core of red currant, blackberry, dried flower and dusty earth flavors…shows a spine of graphite that brings focus and drive to the round, lush palate…” and more!