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Entries from September 2008

Shana Tova!

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

The editors and writers at Canada’s Israel would like to wish you a happy, healthy and sweet new year.  To help you celebrate, here are some Israeli muppets:

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Tags: Religion

Israel and Canada Go Back to Their Wheat-farming Roots

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

By Karin Kloosterman

(A wheat farm in Midnapore, Alberta, circa 1920s)
Following a global worldwide trend to return to healthy and locally produced food, both Canada and Israel are going back to their roots, and reclaiming old wheat cultivars which have been replaced by blander fast-growing industrial ones.
When we go to the supermarket, we might find many [...]

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Tags: Food

Paul McCartney wows ‘em in Tel Aviv

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

An estimated 50,000 fans enjoyed Paul McCartney’s historic concert at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park, Sept. 25. After greeting the crowd with “Shalom” and “Shana Tova” he kept them singing along for almost two hours, with hit after hit, including a rousing rendition of “Give Peace a Chance.”
The video below from the UK’s Daily Telegraph gives you a [...]

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Tags: Music