‘It’s a truly unique bunch of people and when we go out for a two-day ride everybody joins the effort.’Orli Tal is an extremely active woman with a hectic lifestyle. In addition to working full-time as a computer programmer, the …
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Running the Holyland with the Hash House Harriers
Join revelers in Tel Aviv for an International social fun run and beer-drinking event. ‘It was the silliest run I ever did,’ says one enthusiast.
Oldest boat built by ‘shell-first’ method found in Israel
Researchers from the Institute for Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa inspect the ship wreckage below Dor Beach.A shipwreck found off the coast of Israel’s Dor Beach south of Haifa is the oldest boat in the world built by …
Israeli film maker helps put Bedouin woman behind the camera
A scene from Uri Rosenwacs’ film ‘The Film Class’.A Bedouin woman is making socially-aware films that take a hard look at the problems faced by her community in Israel’s Negev desert, thanks to a grant from an Israeli non-governmental organization …
An Israeli field of dreams
Dan Duquette, who is organizing the Israel professional baseball tryouts, served as general manager of both the Montreal Expos and the Boston Red Sox.More than 60 self-styled athletic studs hoping to play professional baseball in Israel came out on November …
Israeli arts and entertainment breaks through to the big time
No matter where you look on the cultural landscape, Israeli musicians, filmmakers, actors and dancers and artists have been shaking up the international scene in growing numbers over the last five years. Whether it is four indie rockers who appeared …
Israeli rockers to light up NY indie showcase
Ex-Lion Tamer guiratist Zoe Polanski on playing in the US – It’s fun and a good place to be.The CMJ Music Marathon – the American independent rock music annual showcase in New York City – is going to have an …
Real life hoop dreams for Israel’s Gaza evacuees
Home Game chronicles daily life before and during the evacuation of the 30-year-old farming community of Netzer Hazani, in the southern Gush Katif settlement bloc, as its teenage basketball players prepared for a tournament.While media coverage of Israel’s evacuation of …
Israeli Sci Fi and fantasy fans get beamed up
Displayers and attendees at the ICON Festival – ‘You can just start talking to people’.Whether their taste was Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, or just good old aliens, there was something for every Sci Fi fan at the tenth ICON Festival …
Israeli software program powers international gem color system
GemeWizard’s Menachem Sevdermish: In reality, we had created a program which defined the colors of gemstones.Your navigator to the world of diamonds and gems – that’s the motto of Israel-based gem software company GemeWizard. And thanks to the vision of …
Israeli boutique wineries make the grade
The Clos de Gat vineyards in the Ayela Valley. ‘Israel has found ways to innovate, in particular by growing grapes in locations – and in soil – where no one expects success.’Once upon a time, the words wine and Israel …