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The BDS thugs were not happy with Stephen Colbert’s debut hosting of the Late Show on CBS. Nearly seven million viewers watched as he performed a highly entertaining skit to advertise its sponsor Sabra humus. Sabra is 50% owned by Israel’s Strauss and 50% by PepsiCo.

The festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) means it is also time for Netanya’s tenth annual International guitar festival and competition.

Activities include a concert by Dudu Tassa, the Jerusalem , the fourth International Circus Festival, the largest artisan fair in Israel and much more.

A rare extremely positive article about Tel Aviv from the BBC.

Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team secured its place at the Rio Olympics by finishing sixth in the group all-around final at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Neta Rivkin will represent Israel in Rio after she finished seventh in the individual all-around final.

Pro-Israel organization Stand With Us brought 10 leading international fashion bloggers to see Israel at first hand for the first time. Based at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) in Herzliya, they visited Tel Aviv Jerusalem, the Dead Sea and met leading Israeli designers.

Doug Greener has produced this excellent write-up of the highlights of the latest beer festivals in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In it, he reviews some excellent local brews.

Israel's national basketball team qualified on Wednesday for the final sixteen stage at the EuroBasket tournament for the first time since 2007, with a 75:73 victory over Poland.

American Jewish rap singer Matisyahu returned to Israel for the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival. He will also perform a show at the capital's Sultan's Pool on Oct 10.

Hadera River Park was the venue for Israel’s hosting of the World’s Largest Paint Party.