Over 100,000 supporters showed up for the celebration.

For the first time ever, the New York Times Knowledge Network is teaming up with the Israeli Consulate in New York to offer an exclusive one-week online seminar called: The New Israeli Cuisine.

The yellow family will be taking a church tour to the Holy Land, reports EW.com, where they’ll meet an Israeli tour guide, voiced by none other than Sacha Baron Cohen – the man behind the hilarious Borat and Bruno characters.

O, the Oprah Magazine, has a remarkable article today about a unique group of women working together to lose weight. The 14 women, Israelis and Palestinians, meet in Jerusalem through Slim Peace Groups to help each other change their lives.

Conde Nast Traveler this month salutes Tel Aviv on its centennial with an article that, quite simply, captures the city as it really is. There’s really no way to give you a good synopsis of the article; you’ll just have to read it yourself.

This past Sunday, listeners to NPR’s Weekend Edition got a big treat– a story on the Idan Raichel Project. If you haven’t heard of them yet on this blog, we think you’re missing out big time on a great musical experience. But we’re not the only one’s who love the amazing fusion of an incredible [...]

The Question: What is Israel? And what do Americans think about the country? The Answer: That comes out in a new documentary by Doug Kooy called The Original Promise, which seeks to explore the many sides of the country. The filmmakers travel around Israel in search of what the country is. For their enlightening conclusions, [...]

Photo: Israel Ministry of Tourism For Israelis or people who visit (or write about) Israel frequently, it’s often hard to look at the country through a fresh perspective. When friends ask for recommendations of what to see, the list can be dauntingly huge (unless we think we’ve seen everything). Every so often, though, a helpful [...]

Photo: Getty Images If you think hummus is the only thing to eat in Israel, we have some news for you. Nextbook features a podcast interview with Janna Gur, author of the recently-published The Book of New Israeli Food: A Culinary Journey as well as some recipes from the book. These foods (like “Chicken Casserole [...]

Israeli tennis star and Olympian Shahar Peer arrived in New York this week to play in the US Open, which begins next week. Today, she took out some time to run a tennis clinic with some of the local kids, reaching out to some future fans (and maybe future stars). We wish her best of [...]