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Israel will be one of four countries to host the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 tournament, and a tiny version of the world is coming to Times Square in 2017.

By: Michael Ordman

 

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT

Israel to host Euro basketball championships

Israel will be one of four countries to host the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 tournament. It will be the first time that Israel will be hosting a European basketball championship. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204806#.Vmzy0OLn-Ug

Israeli will bring mini-world to Times Square

A tiny version of the world is coming to Times Square in 2017. The exhibition, dubbed “Gulliver’s Gate” is owned by Eiran Gazit, an Israeli entrepreneur who commissioned the very popular Mini Israel Park in Israel’s Ayalon Valley.
http://gothamist.com/2015/11/17/times_square_mini_world.php

Enrique is a sell-out

Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias’s concert at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv on 16 Dec was sold out almost immediately tickets went on sale. So he is to perform a second time on 22 Dec
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/12/16/spanish-legend-enrique-iglesias-performing-in-israel-to-sold-out-arena/
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/A-bachelorette-party-on-steroids-437660

Israeli bodybuilder is crowned “Mr. Universe”

23-year-old Dani Kaganovich of Be’er Sheva is the first Israeli to win the Mr. Universe competition – one of the bodybuilding world’s biggest titles. He had previously won the Mr. Universe youth category three years in a row.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4736302,00.html
http://www.cjnews.com/news/sports/israeli-bodybuilder-crowned-mr-universe

 

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