Racing through Jerusalem
Engines roar, the crowd cheers, and testosterone feels the air as the fastest cars race through the streets. On Monday, the Formula Jerusalem event took place for the second year, as roars of Formula One engines, alongside other race cars and motorcycles, reverberated off the walls of the Old City.
The Israeli runner up for “Top publishers on Facebook”
On Oct. 7, NewsWhip, a business that tracks how content moves through social networks, published its monthly analysis of the top publishers on Facebook. The Huffington Post, a social media stalwart, topped the rankingswith more than 9.4 million shares on Facebook in September. The runner-up was a bit more unexpected. Coming in second was a site called PlayBuzz, which racked up more than 7.5 million Facebook shares. The site, an Israeli startup that was launched in 2012, primarily publishes the kind of personalized quizzes (What Type of Rapper are you?…What Coldplay Song are You?…Which Breakfast Food Are You?) that have proven to be irresistible to large numbers of Facebook users.
Read more Israeli indie theater group hits New York
After nearly a decade of sold-out performances around the world, award-winning Israeli-based theater troupe Tziporela is bringing its critically-acclaimed performance style to Off-Broadway with a brand new comedic, theatrical and musical production, “Odd Birdz.” The show is comprised of 20 short sketches about daily occurrences, sometimes quite ordinary situations, but the great writing, acting, dancing, and comedic timing gives the audience something different, unexpected, and refreshing.
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Take That, Tel-Aviv!
Robbie Williams, one of the world's biggest pop stars, is expected to arrive in Israel for the first time in the spring of 2015. Pending any last-minute surprises, the British singer will perform at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park or at the Ramat Gan Stadium in early May.
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The new Israeli invention that hopes to break medical marijuana stigma
Syqe Medical, a company founded in Israel, has created the world’s first 3D-printed hand-held cannabis inhaler. Until now patients had to make do with smoking or ingesting the sticky green stuff, which often leads to inaccurate dosage and negative stigma, but Syqe, which vaporizes tiny granules of cannabis in doses as small as 1 milligram, is aiming to give doctors and patients more control over treatment.
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A “green” stay in Israel
Help a forester, glean excess crops, pick medicinal herbs and see how Israel recycles trash, reclaims wetlands and farms with natural pest control. Check out Israel 21c’s “top 10 ways to green your visit to Israel.”