Omri Casspi, the 21-year-old small forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv, became the first Israeli basketball player selected in the first round of the NBA Draft.

Watch the party in Central Park live, but don’t let this stop you from coming over and playing in the sand and dancing!

On June 17th, David Saranga (@DavidSaranga), Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York (@IsraelConsulate), addressed the 140 Character Conference (#140conf) about the use of twitter in Public Diplomacy.

We’re not sure we can definitively tell you the meaning of life, but that’s what character Dave Peck is searching for in the new movie $9.99, based on the stories of Etgar Keret.

During the coming week, New York City will be host to the largest gathering yet devoted to Twitter, the 140 Characters Conference (#140Conf for all you on Twitter), the brainchild of Jeff Pulver. Among the featured presenters is Consul David Saranga (@DavidSaranga), who will discuss how the microblogging service has changed the face of public diplomacy.

New Yorkers are getting a cool treat from Israel just in time for the hot days of summer. JPost reported last month that the Israeli ice cream/gelato chain Aldo’s will be opening up several new stores in New York (they’ll be known here as Screme).

As reported on Transracial, residents of New York City, Vienna, and Copenhagen have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the Tel Aviv beach in their hometown.

Today’s hottest technology is the touch-screen and device makers can’t get enough of it. We’ve grown accustomed to tapping out our choices on basic machines, but, the New York Times says, technology companies want to go even further.

Fans of Israel came out in the tens of thousands yesterday for the annual Salute to Israel Parade up New York City’s Fifth Avenue. The parade this year celebrated 100 years of Tel Aviv, and the city’s mayor, Ron Huldai, came in to join the festivities and marched at the head of the parade.

Once in a while, here at isRealli we get exclusive invites to New York City events. Most of the time, we just can’t help ourselves but invite you, too. Tonight, Le Poisson Rouge Art Gallery in New York City is celebrating the opening of its third exhibition by renowned installation artist Itamar Jobani – who [...]