Teaming Up With Citymeals-on-Wheels to Give Back for Purim
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On Monday, the Israeli Consulate volunteered with Citymeals-on-Wheels to go door to door handing out food and a smile to homebound elderly in New York. |
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Reading for Gilad Shalit Around the World
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As an 11-year-old fifth grader, Gilad Shalit wrote a story about a shark and a fish who strike up an unlikely friendship and who learn to live together despite their differences. Tomorrow, 25 June, we mark three years since this young man was abducted. |
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You Could be Israel’s Next Star
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Boaz Mauda, Winner of Kochav Nolad 5, at the 2008 Eurovision ContestPhoto: Proteusbcn on Flickr, used under Creative Commons license. Our friend at the Transracial blog alerted us to the following newsworthy item: his sources indicate that season 7 of Kochav Nolad (A Star is Born), (effectively the Israeli version of American Idol will be [...] |
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Twitter Followers: Meet Israel Face to Face
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@israelconsulate Hello Twitter friends, We have been very happy to see the number of people interested in communicating with us on Twitter. We would like to do something for you and help all of us get to know each another on a more personal level. Computers are great, but there’s nothing like a face-to-face meeting. [...] |
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Country Set to Clean House
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Photo: Getty Images Ynet reports the the Knesset has just passed a bill calling for the institution of a National Cleaning Day. This event is slated to occur at some point in the spring around Passover time. Since many people will be engaged in cleaning inside the house anyway (to remove traces of bread and [...] |
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American Producers Seek to Film Israeli House
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Photo: Getty Images An American production company has just returned breathless from Israel. They love the country and want to film their heavily watched show in Israel!!! The one catch: They need a house to film the show. The full details of this amazing opportunity can be found on Haaretz. If your house is aching [...] |
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Gilad Shalit’s Book Now on YouTube
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Gilad Shalit’s (Schalit) book, When the Shark and the Fish First Met, now appears on YouTube to mark two years since he was kidnapped. The Consulate General of Israel filmed five fifth-grade students from New York reading the story that Shalit wrote when he, too, was eleven years old. “Gilad was a boy our age [...] |
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Taking Pride in Israel
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Photo: Getty Images Experiencing a vibrant gay and lesbian culture is not something that often comes to mind when planning a visit to Israel. Increasingly, however, American organizations have been sending LGBT missions to Israel and this year, for the first time, Young Judea and birthright israel will be offering their own LGBT-themed trips. JPost [...] |
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Israel Party in Washington Square Park
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Come one, come all to celebrate Israel’s Independence Day!! Where: Washington Square Park When: Thursday 08 May 4-7 PM FREE to all!! Like Unlike |
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Musical Gala at Radio City Celebrates Israel@60
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New York City will celebrate the State of Israel’s 60th Anniversary on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day on Wednesday, May 7th at Radio City Music Hall at 8 PM. The musical gala will feature Yael Naim, (“New Soul,” featured in Apple’s MacBook commercial), reggae superstar Matisyahu, Paul Shaffer of the David Letterman Show, MacArthur “genius” [...] |
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