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(Thanks to Hazel) Israeli author Zeruya Shalev won the 2014 Prix Femina Étranger, a French literary prize for foreign novels, for her book "What Remains of Life," which tells the story of relationships in Israel throughout several generations and was published by Keter Books in 2011.

Imagine yourself in the Mediterranean beaches of Tel Aviv, riding on a surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.  That’s kitesurfing, and you’ll see many Israelis and tourists having fun with this extreme sport nearly every day of the year.

Israel’s Ehud Friedlander and Inon Liran won the open pairs world championships at the 14th Red Bull World Bridge Series in Sanya, China. The was an impressive 3% over the runners-up from Poland.  Also, Israel’s won the by 3%.

Israeli 17-year-old high school student Avital Boruchovsky is the 2014 European Youth Under 18 Chess Champion, after winning a four-hour game against his Spanish opponent Jaime Santos Latasa at the championships in Georgia.

More than 25,000 participants ran through Tel Aviv - the "City that Never Sleeps" - in its sixth annual 10 km urban night race.

Lechao Tang is studying for a master's degree in Bible and the Ancient Near East, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He is also representing the university (and Israel) on China’s highest rated game show “Who’s Still Standing”.

The prestigious American food and lifestyle magazine Saveur rated Tel Aviv-Jaffa “Outstanding” in its annual rankings of the world’s best food destinations in the category of cities with a population of under 800,000.  Tel Aviv-Jaffa has 4,536 eating establishments. =

I’ve just heard about the fascinating Jerusalem Stories Radio, which produces regular short features of what's creative and interesting about Israel: it's people, art, history, culture, religion...life.  Please visit the site and hear the stories.

Many tourists enjoy visiting Israel during November.  The temperatures are much more comfortable than during the heat of the summer.

Listen to the 1980s decade of Israeli music on Kol Cambridge from DJ Antithesis on Tel Aviv’s Radio TLV1.  Hits include “Hora” and “Hai”.