Shalom Sesame, the Israeli adaptation of Sesame Street, has lined up an all-star cast of celebrities to make appearances in its 12-part series set to debut in 2010. Just who are some of the big names? (Aside from Grover, of course.)

The legendary news anchor who became known as “the most trusted man in America” passed away in New York on Friday, after battling a long illness. His career spanned almost the entire 20th century, but one of his most remarkable achievements was the time Cronkite helped trigger a peace deal between Israel and Egypt.

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Israel has become an important market for television, having adapted international shows like Kochav Nolad and having exported its own In Treatment. The latest import is the British series The Office–which has already seen an American adaptation–fit, of course, to Israeli [...]

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 holding [...]

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Israel’s version of the hit American reality show “The Amazing Race” is set to hit the airwaves in the coming weeks, notes Haaretz. Certainly, the show seems to have a lot going for it–Israelis will get to see the world up close and personal by traveling (at least vicariously) to sites across [...]

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USA Today reports that, in advance of the American elections, TV producers have scoured the globe–including Israel–for new technologies for their broadcasts. One of the amazing things they found in Israel was SportVU, which allows sports commentators to collect stats about teams and [...]

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Israeli model Bar Refaeli made a television tour of American pop culture sites from New York City to Las Vegas on a Bravo TV special last week. For Americans, the show reminded us about all the odd quirks of this country and that we don’t travel enough to appreciate all of them. [...]

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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 to [...]

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One of Israel’s hottest TV shows is A Star is Born (Kochav Nolad in Hebrew), which is the local search for singing talent (along the lines of American Idol). Last week marked the end of Season 6, with Israel Bar-On crowned the winner. According to Ynet, 30,000 people watched the show [...]

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Do you have lots of peripherals connected to your computer with a messy tangle of cables? A new system by Herzliya-based AMIMON Ltd. and endorsed by industry heavyweights like Motorola, Sharp, and Sony called WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) can help eliminate some of those problems. As reported by the Associated [...]