New US reality TV show to feature Israeli hospital

Phil Rosenthal and Steven Spielberg have combined their talents to come up with a new reality TV series for US TV set in Jerusalem’s Sha’are Zedek Hospital. Photo courtesy of Yossi Zamir/Flash90 In the new series, US doctors will …

Black belt soprano

In love with performing and signing: Grammy award winner Hila Plitmann When Hila Plitmann’s name was announced last week at Los Angeles’s Staples Center as a Grammy Award winner, the 36-year-old Israeli operatic soprano was across town at a birthday …

Toda, and have a nice day

A Castro store in Germany. The clothing chain has opened 26 stores outside of Israel.Who would have thought that the products abroad most associated with Israel would have ever evolved from Jaffa oranges and Uzis to computer chips and ICQ? …

America finds its Ex List on Israeli TV

“It’s an historic moment – the first Israeli-inspired show to be made into an American network series,” said Arik Kneller, head of Kneller Artists Agency, which represents Mythological X creator Sigal Avin. The CBS version – called The Ex List …

Israeli film Strangers wins hearts in the US

There was no mention of it in the recently released Winograd Report on the Second Lebanon War, but the cataclysmic events that unfolded two summers ago also almost derailed Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv’s film Strangers. The movie, about an …

Israel’s 60th through a different lens

Your neighbors and colleagues may not know it, but it’s their celebration too.It was just another night in Jerusalem. I was having dinner last month with a visiting group from the Beachwood, Ohio Chamber of Commerce. We were into our …

Some extra lbs. is OK for elderly – Israeli study [VIDEO]

Kris Kringle’s extra baggage may be responsible for keeping him healthy and active.For years, people have been telling Santa to go on a diet. But according to Israeli researchers, he might have the right idea. Toting a few extra pounds …

World’s first ski tunnel has Israeli company sliding easy

The tunnel is divided into two sections lengthwise – for both cross country skiing and for roller skating.If you’ve ever tried skiing on a cold, windy day, you know that it can be a painful experience. But an Israeli company …

Israeli activist named one of TIME’s ‘Heroes of the Environment’

Joining the illustrious likes of recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, Israeli environmentalist Benjamin Kahn was named this week as one of TIME magazine’s 45 ‘Heroes of the Environment’.Highlighting the worldwide leaders and visionaries, activists, scientists and innovators, moguls …