Eilat – Israel’s most southern spot – provided the perfect venue for the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships and RS:X Under 21 Windsurfing Championships, and Israeli concept artist Eyal Gever is working with NASA to produce a digital representation of a human laugh.

By: Michael Ordman

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT

World Windsurfing Championships in Eilat

Eilat – Israel’s most southern spot – where the combination of warm tropical waters and beautiful coral reef running along the sandy shores of the Red Sea provide the perfect venue for the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships and RS:X Under 21 Windsurfing Championships.

https://unitedwithisrael.org/eilat-hosts-world-windsurfing-championships/
http://www.rsxclass.com/2016-rsx-world-windsurfing-championships-at-eilat-israel-day-1/
http://www.rsxclass.com/worlds2016/?page_id=188

The first art to be made in outer space

Israeli concept artist Eyal Gever is working with NASA to produce a digital representation of a human laugh. The image will be uploaded to the International Space Station and will be the first piece of art to be made in outer space when it is turned into a sculpture using a 3D printer designed to work in zero gravity.

https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-artist-to-create-first-sculpture-in-outer-space/

http://www.eyalgever.com/laugh/

When the Jerusalem shuk shutters close

When the Jerusalem market closes, 300 shutters go down, to reveal one of Israel’s cultural marvels. 300 portraits of inspiring individuals that built the State of Israel. Spray-painted on the shutters themselves.

http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-shuk-gallery/

Simultaneous festival with Turkey

The Sound Ports Festival, Istanbul – Tel Aviv, is a unique music event at its first edition. Taking place simultaneously in Tel Aviv and Istanbul, from March 9 to 12, the music, lectures, exhibitions and culinary events aim to create a bridge between the two cultural capitals of the Middle East.
http://www.touristisrael.com/sound-ports-festival-tel-aviv/18103/

The daughters of Tzelofchad

The Rebecca Crown Auditorium of the Jerusalem Theater was filled to capacity when the talented women and girls from the Gush Etzion, Raise Your Spirits Theater (RYS) performed, “Sisters: The Daughters of Tzelofchad” to an all-female audience.
http://www.baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=37&ARTICLE_ID=70653

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