Israel Active

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”.

(Thanks to Israel21c) Summer has officially ended, as tens of thousands of cranes fly in to Israel’s Hula valley on their way to their winter retreat in Africa.  They are just part of the 500 million birds from 200 species that will touch down for some Israeli hospitality during their migration from Europe.

This is a film that I would really like to see - the latest documentary by Gloria Greenfield and her company, Doc Emet. The film will have its premiere later this month in numerous American and Canadian cities, as well as in Jerusalem.

Hadera’s 26-member “Colors of Dance” troupe won first prize at the Ninth Mediterranean Folklore Festival in Larnaca, Cyprus.  12 countries competed in the five-day festival, including Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Egypt and Georgia.

Israel hosted on Monday what organizers say is the largest vegan festival in the world. Ramat Gan’s Vegan Fest 2014 featured workshops, lectures, panels, concerts, some 15,000 visitors and (of course) meat and dairy-free food.  Israel also has the largest proportion of vegans in the world.