Israeli honey is the “bees knees”
The average Israeli consumer will buy two kilos of honey for the holiday season. Speciality honeys include organic honey, marzipan honey and halva honey. Flavours are introduced by placing hives near eucalyptus and citrus, avocado and apple groves. Or try onion and desert flower.
In the swim
10,000 participated in the annual Crossing Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) Swim – one of the largest amateur sports events in Israel. They included the British Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould who led a team of swimmers from the UK Embassy.
Shanananana Tova
Happy New Year from the Ein Prat Fountainheads. This is their 5772 Rosh Hashana video and “Dip The Apple” has had over 2 million views since last year. I love what they do with the iPhone.
Hadas Yaron is Venice’s “Best Actress”
Israeli actress Hadas Yaron won the Coppa Volpi Award for Best Actress at the 69th Venice Film Festival. The 22-year-old took the title role in Rama Burshtein’s film – Fill the Void (Lemale et Ha’chalal) – about the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Tel Aviv.
Red Hot in Tel Aviv
California rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers rocked 50,000 fans at Ganei Yehoshua.
Nine Israeli paralympic medallists
Six of the 25 Israeli team members won medals at the 2012 London Paralympics. One gold, two silvers and six bronze medals. Noam Gershony won a gold and a bronze in tennis and Inbal Pezaro won three bronzes in the swimming.
The gold medallist who came back from the dead
When his helicopter crashed during the Second Lebanon War, doctors did not believe Noam Gershony would survive. But last week he won tennis gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. This “must read” story sums up the fighting spirit of Israel’s sporting heroes.
Dates and pomegranates for the New Year
Lovely video from the Veffers of Villa Rimona in Yavne.
Talent in the family
The religious all-women dance company Nehara has been making exciting news in the Israeli press. Nehara was founded by Daniella Bloch, who studied dance at Bat Dor (which was co-founded by my cousin Jeanette Ordman z”l). Details sent to me by newsletter subscriber (and Daniella’s mother) Ilene.
Did aliens land on the Knesset?
(Thanks to Sharon of Real Jerusalem Streets.) The annual Jerusalem Kite festival at the Israel Museum gave much pleasure to residents of Israel’s capital. At one point, people thought we had been visited by extraterrestrials. Mind, if you’ve seen what goes on sometimes in the Knesset ……