By Karin Kloosterman
Move over Serta, Sealy and Simmons – an Israeli farmer has developed what could be the world’s most comfortable mattress. His Hollandia mattresses are so comfortable that Canada’s luxury hotel chain Four Seasons has already put in its order to be manufactured in Israel. A few weeks ago, just after placing an order for [...]

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By Staff
If you have some interest in archaeology, check out this New York Times  story by Ethan Bronner on a new city uncovered near Jerusalem that could shed some light on the history of King David.  The Khirbet Archaeological Project is being led by Professor Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 
“Archaeologists are unearthing a 3,000-year-old fortified [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Ten years ago, Montreal bodybuilding icon Ben Weider did something entirely unique and to this day, unprecedented.
He built state-of-the-art gyms for the Israeli army and Tel Aviv City Hall and then promptly made the same contribution to the Lebanese Olympic Committee.
These generous and noble acts symbolized his deep felt passion for advancing [...]

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By Paul Shindman
I was always attracted to international studies (but I admit it, I graduated from engineering).
Every university and college in Canada offers some kind of program for learning about what everybody outside the Great White North is up to. American studies, European studies, Middle Eastern studies (of course), Asian studies, and of course, we [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Some of the best films of Israel will be making a splash on the big screen in Toronto.
The first ever Toronto Israeli film Festival opened yesterday and runs through October 30 at the Sheppard Grande Cinema, located at 4861 Yonge St.
Seven Hebrew films, which will include English subtitles, will be presented to the [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Have you been to Israel this year?
If you’re a Canuck, then there is a very good chance that you have.
In 2008, approximately 75,000 visitors from Canada are expected to visit the Holy Land, according to the country’s Ministry of tourism. 
That’s quite an increase from 2007, when 61,000 Canadians touched down in [...]

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by Staff
A spa in northern Israel is offering a unique treatment - snake massage. At Ada Barak’s snake spa, in Talmei Elazar,  the brave but tense can enjoy the feeling of six non-venomous snakes “massaging” aching muscles and joints.
Not surprsingly, this unconventional massage gets a lot of press.  Check out this recent story in the Daily [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

When I first moved to Toronto, from Newmarket, Ontario, I felt it took months, even a couple years to feel like Toronto was mine. A destination site for many tourists, I always tell my friends in Israel not to visit Toronto, if they come to Canada. Not because I don’t love Toronto, but [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Quebec and Israel have entered into an agreement to strengthen economic and technological cooperation between the two countries. The agreement was signed late last month by Quebec’s Economic Development Minister, Raymond Bachand, and Israeli Deputy Prime Minster Eliyahu Yishai in Jerusalem. Bachand was in the country leading a four-day mission attended by more [...]

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by Staff
Weary travellers departing from  Ben Gurion Airport - Israel’s busiest airport and known as one of the most secure airports in the world - can now keep their shoes on when going through security. The airport has installed step-on scanners that X-ray shoes for hidden weapons.
According to a story in the Washington Post, the [...]

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