By Paul Shindman
I get the feeling that Canadians think minority governments are a pain. With the big roar last month when the opposition ganged up on the minority Conservative government it seemed like Canadians were getting a taste of Israeli politics.
What?!?! How could the mess in the House of Commons have any similarities to the [...]

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by Staff
Here’s an interesting post by Levi Shapiro on the website FierceMobileContent:
Israeli companies have made their country a leader in the mobile media sector. More than 30 multinational companies operate telco-related R&D facilities in Israel. Despite the global recession, 462 Israeli hi-tech companies raised more than $1.75 billion last year - the most in six [...]

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by Staff
Israeli director Ari Folman’s ‘Waltz with Bashir’ - a moving and complex animated film about Israeli soldiers in the 1982 Lebanon war - has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Lanugage category. It has already garnered numerous awards, including a Golden Globe , which is often used to predict Oscar [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Tel Aviv University ornithologist Dr. Yossi Leshem starts preparing for an August conference in Israel on the dangers posed to aircraft by birds, you can be sure the word “Canada” will come up in conversation. That’s because our beautiful Canadian Geese have been known to cross international borders with total disregard.
No one seemed [...]

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 By Karin Kloosterman
In his quest for world domination, Israeli electric car guru Shai Agassi has honed in on the Province of Ontario –- the next “victim” on Agassi’s list to mull adopting his electric car plug-in scheme.
We’ve blogged about Agassi earlier on Canada’s Israel here. And the announcement that Better Place plans to set up [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
In Canada, we know a thing or two about winter garb. Indeed, the quintessential Canadian head covering during the chilly months of the year is the internationally renowned toque.
You may be surprised to learn that this famous hat is warming the heads of many Israeli soldiers, thanks to a [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Shining brightly and making both Canada and Israel proud, the Israeli Stars of David hockey team was recently crowned the winner of the Canadian Multicultural Hockey Championships.
The team skated past the Polish Hussars 4-3 to garner the title, the first for a Jewish team since the tournament started four years ago.
The victory [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
Since its earliest days, Israel has had a very passionate and talented arts community.
From music to the theatre, Israelis of all stripes have embraced cultural pursuits. It’s no surprise then Israeli ex-pats continue to gravitate to the arts in their new countries.
A case in point is the Israel Hebrew Speaking Community Theatre [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
If you want to learn how to design and craft shoes, neither Israel nor Canada is the place to do it. Cursory research reveals that each country has only one school of shoemaking and design, which considerably limits the options for potential cobblers.
In Israel, that place is The Guild, a Tel Aviv-based shoemaking [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Cities in Canada, have their own kind of street art. When I used to live in a loft off King Street in Toronto, I’d wake up in the morning to find graffiti on my door, of local artists who’ve signed off their name as a way to say: I’ve been here.
Over in Tel [...]

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