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Offer Nissim

Today we’d like to feature Israel’s very own music master, Offer Nissim. Above he’s performing live with Maya in israel and below you’ll find an interview and article with and about our beloved Nissim. Enjoy!

Offer Nissim Interview

From DJ Ron Slomowicz,
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From Israel, widely known for its goa trance and progressive scenes, Offer Nissim is gaining international attention for his tribal house sounds. Known for his work with Eurovision contest winner Dana International, Offer’s productions with the singer Maya and remix work led to a fateful meeting with Peter Rauhofer. Nissim’s debut artist album First Time was recently released in the US on Star 69 Records.

DJ Ron Slomowicz: You just got back from Brazil, what kind of event were you playing for?
Offer Nissim: It was a big party in Sao Paulo and the crowd was great. They are really warm people and it was a great night with good energy. The place was called Enjoy.

RS: Had you played down there before?
Offer Nissim: No, it was the first time that I’d played in Brazil.

RS: Was the crowd different than your normal crowd in Israel?
Offer Nissim: Israeli people are really similar to the Brazilians because they have the same temperament. They are really the same. So if you ask me how it was to work in front of the Israeli crowd, they are really similar to a Brazilian crowd, it’s the same.

RS: How about when you played in the US for Pride Festival, was that also similar?
Offer Nissim: No. The crowds in New York are different. They give respect in other ways and behave more gently, I don’t know how to explain it. They enjoy the party but they are cooler, not too excited, as opposed to the South American people who lose control.

RS: Was that your first time playing in the United States?
Offer Nissim: Yes, it was the first time. I really enjoyed playing with Peter and it was really an honor to play with him, so I enjoyed every second. If you ask me where I was most excited to be, it was in Spirit to play with Peter. Everything was for me more intense, I was more energized with each second and move that I felt in the booth. It was very important to me to be happy with this experience.

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From Remix…

OFFER NISSIM
By Amit Cotler

If you took a walk in Manhattan’s streets during the past two years, you most likely passed by some signs inviting you to one of Offer Nissim’s parties in New York City. But although Nissim is a well-known DJ in the U.S. nowadays, his heart and home are still placed 5,683 miles from the Big Apple, in Tel Aviv, Israel — his home city where he’s played for more than 20 years.

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Madonna’s coming to “Rosh Hashanah” dinner?

Madonna’s back for more. She and hubby Guy Ritchie will be traveling to Israel to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at the Kabbalah Center in Tel Aviv for the second year in a row. Also joining are first-timers Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, along with 3,000 students from more than 21 countries.

Way to spread the mystical love.

Israelis Help to Battle Greek Fires

We hope they are able to help in any way they can. This picture was taken by AFP with a satelite. Unbelievable…

From YNET:

Helping to put out the flames

A group of Israeli firefighters travel to Athens to assist their Greek colleagues in conquering the giant fires

Dani Adino Ababa

A group of 25 Israeli firefighters is leaving for Greece after the Greek government approached Israel on Sunday and asked for assistance in fighting the massive fires in the country.

The commander of the group, Moshe Suissa, said the team will contribute their knowledge and creativity. “We were told we will be in charge of a region. We will follow the Greeks’ instructions. Some of us will be stationed in firehouses in Athens and the rest will head to the disaster zones.”

Suissa added that the group will carry with it only basic equipments such as helmets and fireproof jackets.

Tzahi Levi, one of the firefighters on the team, said: “If our Greek friends need us, we will support them as much as we can. We have the courage, dedication and good will that is needed. We leave today but don’t know when we’ll return.”

“Cool Facts about Israel - New & Update Version”

G-D, we love this HOLLLLLYYY. Who is this girl anyway?

Cow Patties Make Good Energy

Holy cow crap! Even if these business savvy environmentalists aren’t on to something, they’re at least entertaining.

From Ynet:

Electricity from cow manure

The GES company of Granite Hacarmel and the regional council of Emek Hefer have activated the first commercial facility in Israel to manufacture electricity from cow manure. The facility , created with a NIS 40 million invesment, will treat 600 tons of manure daily, from 12,000 cows, and will sell the electricity to the Electric Corporation

By Tani Goldstein

The Energy and Infrastructure Company GES, a subsidiary of Granite Hacarmel under the leadership of David Azrieli, and the Emek Hefer regional council, began on Tuesday to supply the Electric Corporation with electricity manufactured from cow manure.

The recycling facility in Emek Hefer is the first commercial facility in Israel - and one of the first in the world - to use organic refuse from dairy farms, mainly from cow manure, to create electricity. In addition to electricity, the facility also manufactures quality fertilizer from the cow waste.

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Shahar Peer Takes Time for the Kids before US OPEN

Our very own top 20 tennis star took a little time out of her US Open training schedule for the disadvantaged kids of NYC. Way to build bridges and reach out to future fans. Shahar, you’re a true star. Best of luck next week during the tournament, we’ll be the folks howling and hooting from the upper deck.

Surfing to Peace

“God will surf with the devil, if the waves are good.” –This is the best thing I’ve heard all week.

From Ynet:

Jewish-Hawaiian surfing guru donates surfboards to Gazans

‘I hope this gesture will get Israelis and Palestinians to catch the same peace wave,’ 86-year-old Dorian Paskowitz says

An 86-year-old Jewish surfing guru from Hawaii donated on Tuesday 12 surfboards to Gaza’s small surfing community, in a gesture he hoped would get Israelis and Palestinians “catching the same peace wave”, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Tuesday.

“God will surf with the devil, if the waves are good,” retired doctor Dorian Paskowitz said Tuesday. “When a surfer sees another surfer with a board, he can’t help but say something that brings them together.”

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Another Baseball Update

Well the season is almost over and the buzz is slowly building, so I think there may even be a second season. I think it all depends on how many bagels are sold in Boston this winter.

Another Holy Land Baseball update from the LA Times:

Baseball makes a pitch in Israel
A new league has stirred little interest in the game. But its founder is confident that time will change that.
By Ken Ellingwood
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

August 15, 2007

KIBBUTZ GEZER, Israel — The scene is vintage small-town America. The concession stand sells hot dogs and cold beer. Boys in baseball caps position themselves beyond right field in hope of snaring home runs. The crowd rises for the national anthem to get the game underway.

But the anthem is “Hatikva,” the teams on the field are the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox and the Modiin Miracle, and many in the crowd are more than a little mystified by the spectacle of grown men playing baseball.

On a sun-baked August afternoon, the paid, mostly foreign, players are the draw in the latest game of the Israel Baseball League, which seeks to plant professional baseball in the Middle East. This is no snazzy downtown stadium: The unadorned field sits just past the cow sheds and stucco houses of this rural collective.

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A Culinary Success Story

Did they say Union Square?

Falafel takes over the world

It all began sixteen years ago at a small stand named ‘Maoz,’ that a couple named Nachman and Sima Milo set up in the center of Amsterdam. Today, after they have fried a million patties and opened branches in France, New York, and Australia, they are dreaming of becoming the next McDonald’s

By Sefi Hendler

The Latin Quarter of the capital of France has been a melting pot for countless languages and tastes for a long time. Once, 500 years ago, the students spoke Latin and thus the quarter received its name. Today the Sorbonne students speak more English than Latin, and eat more McDonald’s than baguettes.

The crowded streets are a type of giant fast- food court with a pinch of French and a lot of shwarma, or as they call it in France a “Greek sandwich”. But right in the middle of the quarter stands a tiny, green store that has no meat, but has a lot of customers who swear by their pita.

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