Israel Active

If you needed a reason to enjoy an Israeli wine, here are a few: World-class quality, perfect for entertaining, historic wineries, and sustainable farming. The Israeli Wine Producers Association (IWPA) brings together more than 40 wineries—from boutique gems to renowned estates.   

Renowned Israeli singer Omer Adam paid tribute to the IDF, freed hostages, & President Trump during his sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. (see previously).

US Ambassadors Mike Huckabee and Daniel Friedman wowed the crowd at the United Hatzalah Sukkot concert, playing “Sweet Home Yerushalayim”. Great new lyrics.

Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat won gold in the floor exercise at the Challenge Cup in Paris. With one Olympic gold and one silver, Dolgopyat is Israel’s most successful Olympian. He also holds a World Championship title.

Paralympic swimming champion Ami Dadaon (see previously) claimed his first world title in the 50m breaststroke SB3 in Singapore, setting a new Israeli record of 48.17 seconds. In the 2024 World Championships in Paris, Ami won 4 gold medals.

Israeli American hockey player Zeev Buium scored his first NHL goal on Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets; Buium, a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild, is believed to be the first Israeli hockey player to ever score a goal in the US National Hockey League.

Some 15 dolphins, including mothers and calves, gave an acrobatic display off the Israeli coast near Haifa. They performed for over an hour to a team of Haifa University marine scientists conducting an exploration project, 10 miles from the shore. It was the most exciting display ever seen by the scientists.

Beejhy Barhany was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Israel. She has opened Tsion Cafe - a kosher, vegan cafe in Harlem, New York. She describes it as a place of Pan-African love and Black Israeli pride.

University of Haifa archaeologists have uncovered a Byzantine-period (6th or 7th century CE) hoard of 97 pure gold coins and jewelry at Sussita National Park. They believe it was buried in fear of the Sasanian-Persian conquest. It includes a rare 610 CE tremissis (gold coin) of Emperor Heraclius.

Ashdod authorities recorded the the first documented sighting of a whale shark along Israel’s Mediterranean coast and only the third confirmed sighting in the entire Mediterranean. Whale sharks are occasionally seen in the Gulf of Eilat – this one is thought to have swum up the Suez Canal.