Tag: Entertainment

Tel Aviv in ’60 Minutes’

Tel Aviv is the talk of the blogosphere this week, following CBS reporter Bob Simon’s declaration that the White City is “the” place to be.

Adventure Mob managed to raise the necessary amount to remake cult favorite “Leisure Suit Larry” in April.

Making Larry a new leisure suit

An Israeli startup called Adventure Mob seeks to breathe new life into the cult-classic game “Leisure Suit Larry” with a new gaming platform.

(Don’t) Push the red button

It’s 1997, and Men In Black‘s Tommy Lee Jones tells Will Smith: “Don’t touch the red button.” Which, of course he does, because who can

Globetrotters bounce into Israel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAQ8qy_878A[/youtube] If there are two things that are universal, it’s humor and basketball. So the Harlem Globetrotters have all angles covered. The venerable touring jugglers/ball

A trainload of history

The Ottoman-built Tzemach Station on the Sea of Galilee is being renovated to become a tourist and academic center.

Celebrity at the wedding

The young man in the light purple shirt and the small knitted kippa looked awfully familiar. He was sitting in the row in front of

Jigsaw Nation

With sales of some 1.2 million puzzles annually, Israelis are among the world’s leading jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts. A team of Israelis tackled the world’s biggest

Rosh Hashana videos…and more

New Year’s videos from Israel and other Jewish organizations tend to circulate around the web and email at this time of year. The Fountainhead’s “Dip