Writer: David Brinn

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

When I’m 64

As the transition from the somber mood of Remembrance Day makes way for the celebration of Independence Day, there’s a plethora of inspiring video clips

Made in Israel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-C3UYq-UxA[/youtube] It’s getting to be that time of year again – where the national holidays come fast and furious. Holocaust Remembrance Day just passed and

A defiant Israel in the face of rocket attacks

It’s certainly an absurd, surreal existence we have here – living a modern life in one of the most progressive, advanced societies in the world, and at the same time engaging in life-threatening battle with an elusive enemy.

Shimon Peres, superstar

Sure there’s Betty White and Tony Bennett, but you could make a case for the most hip octogenarian out there being none other than Shimon

Loving Israel through its music

If one popular blogger comes over and gets a good impression of Israel, then everyone who follows that blogger is going to be reading about Israel in a different light.

Israel’s big jump

It’s not something you see every day – or even every 15 years apparently. Not that anyone other than those that participated actually saw anything,

Make the boycott go up in Pixie dust

Latest cancellation from the Pixies doesn’t mean the music stops.   Israeli music fans are not going to let some misguided, undereducated musicians ruin their

Not the new kid on the block

The new ‘Masbirim’ campaign is acting like it invented the hasbara wheel.   The debate over whether Masbirim – Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister

Black belt soprano

In love with performing and signing: Grammy award winner Hila Plitmann When Hila Plitmann’s name was announced last week at Los Angeles’s Staples Center as