Photo: Israel Ministry of Tourism With New York’s Carnegie Hall presenting works by Leonard Bernstein and the State of Israel celebrating its 60th anniversary, the timing was perfect to invite the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to town. According to the New York Times review (which praises the music), the Orchestra played some of Bernstein’s more specifically [...]

Seal in Frankfurt, Germany Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars came out to salute Israel’s 60th birthday last month in a gala event in LA. Entitled “From Vision to Reality,” the program featured guests like, Seal, Jason Alexander, and Serena Williams and paid tribute to the State of Israel and movie producer Arnon Milchan (who’s made [...]

Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech Five years after the tragic loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the seven astronauts aboard, pages from a diary belonging to Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut, will go on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It is amazing that the diary has made it this far. According to the Associated Press [...]

When we wrote last about the “Faces of Israel” project, we promised you banners highlighting the multicultural nature of Israeli society hanging along Fifth Avenue. Well, we made good on that pledge; have a look at this video to see the banners on location. Like Unlike

Now that we’ve received some responses from potential “Faces of Israel,” we’ve begun to assemble our list of 60 Israelis to represent the full spectrum of Israeli society. Biographical details and pictures are available on the 60Israelis website. You, too, can be part of the 60Israelis project. Have a look at our previous article on [...]

Last night (29 May), the New York Mets hosted a special celebration of Israel’s 60th birthday. The event featured Israeli music and dancing and the Mets’ new #60, Consul General Asaf Shariv, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Like Unlike

Photo Credit: Shahar Azran. Last night, in an unforgettable show, more than 1200 people gathered in Harlem’s world-famous Apollo Theater to wish the State of Israel a happy 60th birthday. Some of New York’s greatest gospel choirs gave moving performances and hip hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari got the audience jumping with her unique fusion of [...]

As we reported in an earlier post, the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts has just opened an exhibition on Maccabi Tel Aviv and basketball in Israel. Here are some of the pictures taken at the opening event along with coverage from JPost. The exhibit will be up through the end of the year. [...]

In honor of Israel’s 60th Anniversary, Israeli-American violinist/conductor Itzhak Perlman narrates a fascinating video about the country, which will make its U.S. premiere tonight on Channel 13. WLIW New York’s acclaimed Visions series makes an aerial pilgrimage to Israel, the world’s only Jewish state – home to approximately 7.2 million and the Holy Land of [...]

This month, Hollywood’s best and brightest will be saluting Israel in celebration of its 60th Anniversary, in a project initiated by the Consulate General of Israel in New York and Nancy Spielberg (sister of famous director, Steven). Their personalized video greetings, wishing Israel a “Happy Birthday!” are being broadcast on both the Nasdaq and Reuters [...]