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.
Israeli film wins in LA
“The Gatekeepers,” a film by Israeli director Dror Moreh, was named best documentary Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The film is an exploration of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, guided by all six living domestic intelligence chiefs.
Stevie Wonder wouldn’t but Chaka Khan
The Friends of the IDF dinner was a great success with a superb Grammy from award-winning singer Chaka Khan. Over $11 million was raised and many tributes were given to (and by) Israel’s brave soldiers.
A holiday of holidays
Haifa’s Holiday of Holidays Festival is open to the wide public, free of charge - an event that appeals and attracts both Jewish and Arab population. Highlights include art exhibitions, a performance festival, a poetry festival, concerts, street performances, family workshops, tours and food.
Amazing comeback for Israeli rower
Three years after an accident on the Yarkon River left her on a respirator, Jasmine Feingold won the 2,000-meter event at the Israeli Rowing Championships and now is working towards competing in the 2016 Olympics. She recovered after spending a year at the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center in Ra’anana – one of the best such facilities in the Middle East if not the world.