Yaacov Agam presents his Visual Cognition (Smarts) program to pre-school students. ‘Visual shapes – a circle, a line, a triangle – are universal symbols.’Artist Yaacov Agam makes a quick sketch. He conceals it, then uncovers it for a split second …
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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.
Making peace through Jewish and Arab musical roots
Hisham and Friends’ Assi Givati and Ihab Nimer perform at Villa Melchett on the Galilee – Music bonds us and other people.While the notion of Jews and Arabs in Israel playing music together is relatively commonplace, Ariel Nishri’s Groupeace initiative …
In Israeli playground, the king of the castle’s in a wheelchair
Michelle Shapiro: Here we have wonderful equipment geared specifically for kids with special needs, but also tremendously exciting for typical children.When Bella Tsur was a little girl, her dream was to go on a carousel and spin around and around …
Israeli cafes take a bite out of the big apple
The Max Brenner chocolate bar in Manhattan – We were confident that we would have a good response from New Yorkers, but this has been overwhelming.Move over Starbucks, there’s a new game in town – two of them, actually. In …
Israeli companies draw the line against skinny fashion models
Shiran Shaul, one of Adi Barkan’s clients, and a ‘model’ example of a healthy weight.Two years ago, leading Israeli fashion photographer and fashion agency head Adi Barkan initiated a campaign to fight anorexia among models in the fashion industry in …
Getting up close and personal about Israel
Among the subjects explored in the monologues are: coming of age in Israel; Israel as a young woman’s first love; falling in love with Israeli culture, Israeli food and even Israeli cats.The New York City theater goers were milling about …
Warren Buffett arriving to visit new Israeli acquisition
Warren Buffett, right, and Eitan Wertheimer, chairman of the board of Israeli metal working company Iscar. (Photo: AP)Immediately after making the largest ever buyout of an Israeli company when he acquired Israel’s Iscar Metalworking Cos. for $4b in May, American …
Israel’s Galilee offers world’s first pomegranate wine
The sweet and tart pomegranate has become one of the fastest growing trends in the food industry.If you’ve been to the supermarket lately, you’ve probably noticed that the hottest trend in the food industry is pomegranate products.Several years before the …
Pro baseball coming to Israel
Former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette with Israel Baseball League hopefuls. (Marty Appel for ESPN)HINSDALE, Mass. – On the site of the former Camp Wyoma, where an eighth grader named Dan Duquette once played volleyball and pitched horseshoes at his …
Israeli company brings out the celebrity in you
MyHeritage already has 2.38 million subscribers eager to see who they resemble — Aunt Helen or Angelina Jolie?An addictive new face recognition technology that twins you with your celebrity doppelganger is now taking the web by storm.Developed by Israeli company, …