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The Israel Museum in Jerusalem held its 8th annual wine-tasting festival at which huge crowds came to savour Israel’s best wines, sample cheeses and experience soothing jazz music.

Jerusalem’s 4th International Film Festival for Children and Youth has a program that will entertain young audiences for the entire five days.

Superman, Spiderman, Batman, X-men, Captain America and Wonder Woman are just some of the characters brought by comic artists Joe and Adam Kubert to the Cartoon Museum in Holon.

The Arad music festival runs from Aug 23 to 25 and is Israel’s longest-standing music festival. It comprises acts for all ages and, most importantly, all the shows in the program are free.

Two festivals are running simultaneously in the Galilee. The 24th annual Klezmer Festival in Safed, plus the Bein Hakramim (Among the Vineyards) Festival. Sing Lechayim – to Life!

The Three Monkeys pub has recently undergone a complete renovation. Music, beer and their kosher Monkey Business hamburgers – sounds like a swinging place to hang around in.

What other name would you give to the globe-trotting jazz family of Yuval (saxaphone), Anat (clarinet) and Avishai Cohen (trumpet)? They are also excellent representatives for the Jewish State.

In episode 1 of the new docu series IS.REAL Savannah revisits Kibbutz Maagan Michael where she studied and worked at the same time.

Israel’s Young Cadets National Baseball Team took the gold at the recent Tuscany Series Tournament in Italy. This was the first time an Israeli cadet team won the tournament.

There’s no action in the US national basketball league at present due to a dispute. So top Israeli NBA star Omri Casspi will do what any overseas unemployed Israeli worker can do – get a job in Israel.