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Please watch this rare 1962 film of “Old Blue-Eyes” who was one of the biggest supporters of the Jewish State. As he says, “With one hand the People of Israel protect their hearth and homes and with the other they build a better society”.

The second Red Sea Winter Jazz Festival will be held in Eilat over the weekend of January 19th –21st, 2012 Three days of hot jazz, excellent music and extraordinary vibe with exciting bands from all over the world.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s basketball team won its 10th straight game in all competitions on Thursday night, crushing Lasko of Slovenia 87-51 at Nokia Arena to improve to 13-1 in the Adriatic League. Maccabi plays its Euroleague Top 16 opener at Zalgiris Kaunas in two weeks time.

The new “magic lantern” exhibition at the Israel Museum has gathered together 18 contemporary works from the museum’s collection never been displayed before. Employing modern methods as video art and manipulated photography, the pieces coalesce to create a fascinating forum of sheer fantasy.

An Olympic facility for horse racing and BMX cycling competitions is being built near the Kaduri Youth Village in northern Israel, and will allow the country to host international competitions in both fields.

NBC's latest new $1m prize TV quiz show “Who's Still Standing?” has contestants dropping through floor. It is, however, an Israeli quiz show. "Who's Still Standing?" was invented by Shiloach-Uzrad with business partner Amit Stretiner and has now been sold to 13 countries including Spain and France.

I hope many of you managed to see some of the movies.

“Rising in Art 2011”, is the annual exhibition of works by new immigrants at Bat Yam’s New Gallery of Art Institute. This year, it also features works by participants in the Young Judean one-year arts track.

Take your pick, but I think that these are pretty cool. Fountainheads – “Light up the Night” (probably the best song):-