Israel Active

Israel’s Donald Sanford won the bronze medal in the 400 meters’ sprint at the European Athletics Championship in 2014.  He is proud to represent Israel at the Rio Olympics.

Kenyan-born marathoner Lonah Chemtai is to compete for Israel at the Rio Olympics.  Chemtai grew up a rural village in western Kenya and first came to Israel in 2009 to care for the children of her country’s ambassador to Israel.

Naomi Shemer’s classic song with some outstanding video scenery.

Israel’s Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art was ranked 9th in Fashionista.com’s annual survey of the world’s best fashion schools.  The survey gauged tuition costs, alumni success, student feedback, faculty quality, training, social life, career counseling and financial aid options.

Israel won the 2016 European Youth (under 18) Team Chess Championships in Slovenia. Team Israel headed nine other countries, defeating Austria in the final round.

Over 665,000 Youtube viewers watched last year’s X-Factor Israel entry by Anna Timofei, who hit the top notes with her rendition of “The Phantom of the Opera”.  She achieved 3rd place in the Series 2 Final with “Memories”.

The 10m whale spotted off the Caesarea in June has been visiting Tel Aviv and is now heading north to Haifa.  You can follow its progress on Facebook.

60 young dancers, from schools in the Misgav regional council of 35 small towns and communities in the Galilee, are performing at July’s three-day Carmiel Festival.  Misgav has some 340 dancers, from age 10 to adults, who entertain while dressed in distinctive, furry red hats.

The “Kerem”, the Yemenite village in the heart of Tel Aviv, is the most chilled, most authentic, and most easygoing area of town.

It is the season of outdoor concerts and the Israel Museum’s sculpture garden is a magical spot for listening to music.  Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv some of the sculptures are not quite what they seem to be!