40 years of “Dry Bones”
For the past 40 years, Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen has provided profound satire and witty commentary on everyday Israeli news and international events with his “Dry Bones” cartoon in the Jerusalem Post newspaper and on-line. See Yaakov’s educational project www.Dry-BonesProject.com
Warm up to Jazz in Eilat
The winter International Red Sea Jazz festival returns to Eilat 17-19 Jan. Nine ensembles from Israel and abroad will participate in this year's festival presenting fifteen musical performances. The hotel venues are the Royal Garden, King Solomon and the Royal Beach, and jamming at the Monkey’s bar.
Fed Cup Tennis
Sixteen countries (including Britain and Turkey) will compete for the Group 1 Fed Cup in Eilat from 6th to 9th February. This is the third year in a row that Israel has hosted the European competition.
Israeli novel to become US TV series
(Thanks to Israel21c) US TV company New Regency is turning Yoram Kanuik’s 1994 bestseller, Magic on Lake Kinneret, into a weekly half-hour satirical black comedy.
Israeli wins junior world tennis championship
Heard of Jimmy Connors and Andy Murray? Well 12-year-old Israeli Ishai Oliel has just emulated them by winning the Junior Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship in Florida – recognized as the unofficial world championship for children up to age 12.
A digital library of the world’s oldest biblical manuscripts
The Israel Antiquities Authority has published its full on-line library of the high-resolution images of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Google’s advanced imaging and web technologies enable free public access to one of the greatest textual discoveries of all times.
We get the picture
The Israeli Cartoon Museum is currently hosting the fifth annual Animix International Animation Comics & Caricature Festival. “Punch, 2012 Harvest” incorporates 200 caricatures depicting social protest, economic crisis, religion, Israel and the Arab world, revolutions, refugees and the Iranian threat.
Get the big picture
Canadian-born newsletter subscriber Glen Shear has metamorphosed from Investment Banker into a fully-fledged Israeli artist. He has just returned from exhibiting his highly original artwork in the US at the Miami Art Expo, and his next viewings are scheduled for New York and Toronto.
Surf’s up in Israel
(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel has 186 miles of coastline and its surfers are respected all over the world.
Israeli-Ethiopian arts festival
The week-long Hullegeb festival in Jerusalem will consist of six performances of theater, dance and music, each bringing something different to the stage. The event will shine a spotlight on the contemporary Ethiopian artistic community, and how Israeli artists have influenced it.