{image_1} The Israeli shekel joined the foreign exchange market’s CLS [Continuous Linked Settlement] Bank global settlement system on May 26, making it available for international payment instructions.
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{image_1}A unique exhibit in the Netherlands shows that cartoons may have educational value by using Superman to teach Jewish history. Keying in on comic art by Jewish artists, the “Superheroes and Schlemiels (habitual bunglers): Jewish Memory in Comic Strip Art” exhibit, coproduced by the Jewish History Museum in the Netherlands and the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris, added a whole dimension to youthful entertainment.
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{image_1} Israel will soon have a five-star luxury golf course resort on Mount Arbel [overlooking the Sea of Galilee near Tiberius]. Developer Joseph Bernstein first got the idea to open a luxury golf course in Israel when he realized that Israel is a prime market because there are nine months of great weather. It has taken 15 years, but the dream is about to become a reality. The Israel Land Authority has given the final agreement necessary and now construction can begin.
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{image_1} The Valley of Elah, the site of the biblical epic battle between David and Goliath is the site of a new park with some very old features. Situated between modern-day Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in a picturesque valley, visitors in the spring are greeted by a carpet of red anemones and multicolored lupins. Vineyards and viticulture are one of the main valley industries, adding to the beauty. Tour groups often stop to imagine the battle between David and Goliath and to visit the hand-carved underground city of Beit Guvrin, which dates back at least 3,000 years.
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{image_1}The Israeli government is teaming up with Renault-Nissan and Project Better Place to set up the first mass marketing of electric vehicles that run on 100% electricity. The cars will be available for customers in 2011 in Israel, with other market countries intended as well.
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{image_1}Three Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University have been named on the Scientific American list of 50 top leaders in the field of research, policymaking, and business.
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{image_1}A group of six Israeli cowboys will soon depart on a unique journey across the United States aimed at marking Israel’s 60th anniversary and raising awareness to the historic date in the American media. The six travellers will be riding on Israeli born-and-raised horses and carry Israeli flags with them. They plan to cross the country from north to south, possibly taking the Continental Divide National Trail, leading from the Canadian border to the Mexican one through the Rocky Mountains. On the way, they will stop over in Jewish and Christian Zionist communities.
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{image_1}Construction on the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to Jerusalem is expected to take another seven months. The NIS 135 million [US $36.5 million] bridge, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, will be built on concrete supports covered in Jerusalem stone, above which will hang a steel and glass structure.
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{image_1}“In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.”
David Ben Gurion
{image_1}Israel’s championship winning basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv is to be honored at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the US, as part of celebrations for Israel’s 60th anniversary in May, according to Ynet News. The team, which won championships in Israel and Europe (including the Champions Cup on five occasions), will be the first Israeli team to be presented in an exhibition at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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