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CELEBRATE IsRAEL your guide to the 2014 parade

from small beginnings in Saluting 1964, the Celebrate israel Paradehas become the 50 years of largest annual pro-israel marching gathering outsidethe countryitself. with pride By Erika PrafdEr

azel Tov! To commemorate M its golden anniversary,this year’s Celebrate Israel Parade is set to take the excitement levelto soaring heights with new floatscarrying musical performers, 15 marching bands, 35,000 marchersand a model replica of Israel’sfirst moon-bound spacecraft. Nowinits milestone 50th 1995:

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parade,appropriately Kalfus designatedas50Reasons to CelebrateIsrael. “The importance of the theme forus is thattherearen’t manyevents on the calendar thateverreach this milestone,” says Michael Miller,executive vicepresident and chief executive officerof the Jewish Community Relations Council of New Golden Yo rk (jcrcny.org). TheNew Yo rk nonprofit group is a UJa-Federation of NewYork affiliate and represents the Jewish communityhereto Theparade will be government officials, other televised live by WWOR ethnic and religious commu- (Channel 9) fromnoon to 2p.m. To watch the entire See GOLDEN on Page A2 yearsparade live online, log on to celebrateisraelny.org. A2 THE GUYSYOU KNOW. THE COMPANY YOUTRUST. CELEBRATE IsRAEL INTRODUCING ANEW SERVICE FA BULOUS AT 50

GOLDEN from Page A1 it wasimportant foran under.Weconverted the event to bring together parade intoademonstration nities, and the news media. different elements of New of solidarity. Therewerea “Wevalue this parade,” York’s Jewish community quarter of amillion people LAST MINUTE HOUR RETURN TICKETS says Miller.“It’s central to thatnormallydidn’t get whomarched. Suddenly, FIRSTCLASS LAYOVER BUSINESSCLASS the role of the NewYork together in aunifying way. people recognized the 43TICKETSTO 12 FOR 1IN AM FLIGHTSTO Jewish community’ssupport Ialso felt it should have importanceofhaving public of Israel. It’s the largest pub- atheme forparticipating expression,”saysComet. lic event anywhereinthe youthgroups and schools.” Afterrecentlyreaching worldinsupport of [Israel].” That firstParadein his ownmilestone 90th HKGsyd lax In yearspast, “Mayors Manhattan, then called the birthday, Comet says that Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani and Salute to Israel, the parade- being able to march in this Bloomberghaveparticipated, goersonlymarched several year’s milestone anniver- as well as SenatorSchumer, blocks. But1967put the sary year is indescribable. and GovernorsPaterson, parade on the map. “Tohaveanidea actual- Pataki, Cuomo and Spitzer.” “Ittook placethe Sunday ized and sustained over Theevent hadmodest beforethe outbreak of the such along period of time beginningsin1964, as Six-DayWar.Therewas is not acommon phenom- COMPLEX ITINERARIES? 90-year-old TedComet, enormous concern and the enon. It’s avery powerful, parade chairman from 1965 threatthatIsrael maygo emotional feeling,”hesays. through 1968, remembers. NO PROBLEM. “A tthattime,Iwas the Thetrustedteam behind PEYD is pleased to announceanew airline concierge director of the American STEPPING OUT servicefor businessand corporatetravelers. We offer travel services for Zionist Yo uthFoundation, Beforethis year’s kick-off,ifyou’reenergized early enough, join The New York Road Runners Club at The companies of all sizes, as well as concierge travel services to large corporations which served as amajor Celebrate Israel Run in Central Park. Organized in with employees who travel on aregular basis. sponsor of programs in Israel foryoung people in partnership with the JCRC-NY, morethan 6,000 run- America,”says“Each year, ners areslated to run through the four-mile stretch DISCOUNT BUSINESSTRAVEL SPECIALISTS we held an Israel-themed designed as asymbolic journey through Israel from Eilat to TelAviv.Israeli music, snacks and morewill CALL NOWFOR ACONSULTATION event in Central Park,but Ifelt it wastime to do be featured. Starttime is 8a.m. foradults, with kids’ ™ 646.801.7393 •WWW.GETPEYD.COM something largerand more races (ages 2-12) beginning at 9:30 a.m. For registration and logistical information, visit: nyrr.org/ www.sandbox-marketing.com public to demonstratesup- port forIsrael. Ithought races-and-events/2014/celebrate-israel-run-4m.

ADVERTISEMENT Letter from the JCRC-NY Celebrate Israel Parade Committee

Dear Friends, As stunning as it sounds, this year marks the 50th year that the New York Jewish community has gathered together to celebrate Israel on the streets of Manhattan. What started as a four-block walk up Riverside Drive has evolved into aﬁve-hour Parade featuring 35,000 marchers, dozens of ﬂoats, marching bands, special guests from Israel and hundreds of thousands of spectators. Thanks to the throngs of people who come out to the Parade every year,the Celebrate Israel Parade has become the largest public event in the world in celebration of Israel.

Mirroring the country that it honors, the Parade has grown over time. Afew years ago, the Parade made its way to television and the web so that viewers in the metropolitan area and BUILDING ISRAEL. beyond can celebrate with us. Similarly,the Parade’sadoption of social media enabled people around the globe to join the conversation and be #TogetherOnFifth. ONE CHILD AT ATIME

This year,the Parade welcomes SpaceIL to Fifth Avenue, beforetaking Israel to the moon. • Providing the highest level of academic excellence. Teaching Jewish Then, the US-IL Flying Club will join us with aﬂyover of morethan adozen single-prop values and helping each child reach his/her fullest potential. airplanes. And there’ll be adelegation of members of the Knesset leading the parade, 110 SCHOOLS followed by performances from Israeli recording artists Chen Aharoni, Hagit Yaso and DJ 29 CITIES • Enabling graduates to become productive members of Israeli Mr.Black.And for the ﬁrst time ever,we’ll be using two Israeli mobile apps – AppMyDay society with the skills necessary to build asuccessful future. and Askem –toadd even morefun. 28,000 STUDENTS • AMIT schools, teachers and students have received countless The Jewish Community Relations Council of NY,the producer of the Celebrate Israel Parade, awards and accolades from Israel’sMinistry of Education and our would like to thank our many supporters for making this great parade possible especially schools areranked among the best in Israel. UJA-Federation of New York, the Jewish Communal Fund,the State of Israel, Bank Leumi, Israel Bonds and the Israeli American Council. AMIT SALUTES ISRAEL ON ITS 66TH ANNIVERSARY So please join us on June 1st as we come together to say with one voice, Am Yisrael Chai.

212.477.4720 /800.989.AMIT Jennifer E. Falk Judy Kaufthal AMIT [email protected] Co-Chair Co-Chair Building Israel. One Child at aTime WWW.AMITCHILDREN.ORG A3

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SpaceIL gets set to ligenceCorps and earned SpaceIL. don’t have to build our own takeanIsraeli craft undergraduate and graduate “I knewIhad to get launch pad,”saysDamari. to the moon degrees in communications involved,”hesays. “It’sso from an engineering SPACE systems engineering with a exciting and challenging. It’s standpoint, “Weneeded specialization in cyber secu- an amazing story of Israeli to think differently,”says fone Israeli nonprofit rityand computernetworks. philanthropy, as we’vehad Damari. “Just likeyou can hits its lunar marknext In 2010,Damari was thousands of donorsfrom use asmartphone to getalot I year —attempting to land RACE conjuring up businessideas international business, of information, we believe the smallest spacecraftever when he learned of Google’s academia and privately — all the electronics youneed on the moon —itwill be one XSpace challengeon some who’ve contributed18 to land on the moon exist giant hop formankind. facebook. He latermet two sheckels, and otherswho’ve in your pocket,”hesays. Theattempt is the result of equallyimpassioned engi- donatedmillions. Our bud- “Building our spacecraft aGoogle competition. The neering partners, YarivBash getis$36 million and we’ve as simply as possible with Lunar XPRIZE competition and YonatanWeintraub, raised most of it.” the smartest technology in 2015 (googlelunarxprize. online. Recently, SpaceIL will likelyhavefar-reaching org) has 25 participating “The three of us launched acrowd- impact on futureeconomic countries vying to be the met thatweekend funding campaign and scientific experiment.” firsttolaunch and land to begin thinking through its website, “Velcro, plastics and UV an unmanned, private and drawing ideas whereanyone can sunglasses came outofthe spacecraftsafelyonthe up together,” says ‘Send amessage to Apollo programinthe 70s moon. Israel’sSpaceIL Damari. the moon’onanano and 80s,”saysSaat. “There’s organization aims not onlyto Thepartnersmet computerchip for$18, the solar energy industry win the high-profile,highly with the heads of the Kfir Damari, buyanofficial team and astronautice cream. incentivized ($30 million in Israel SpaceAgency co-founder T- shirt and feel apart Anything is possible here. prizemoney) international and Israeli Aerospace of SpaceIL. of the mission, says Investing in the spaceindus- contest, buttoinspirethe facilitytoinform Saat. try has amazing implications next generation to think them of their plans. “Our NewYorkers will geta forEarth’s economy. We differentlyaboutpursu- Aprototype of SpaceIL’s tiny design then wasnobigger sneak peak of SpaceIL’s mis- expect our network of scien- ing careersinthe science, moon lander will featureon than aCokebottle,but they sion at the parade on Sunday tists and engineerstobuild technology,engineering and their parade float this Sunday. wanted to help.Weraised when team members, amazing thingsinIsrael.” math (STEM) fields. the moneyinten days,” says including Damari, prepareto forthe SpaceIL team, win- “We’re the onlynonprofit scientists and engi- took flight. Damari. take-off on afloat showcas- ning the competition would team, and we plan to donate neers. We want to do At age6,inspired With tens of millions more ing amodel prototype of be adream realized. our prizemoneytoscientific the same thing and get by his LEGO-building needed to develop their their craft, which will be the “The worldismadeupof education,”saysKfirDamari, kids to realizethatscienceis pastime and apassion for spacecraft, raising capital smallest spaceship to land on impossible. Theonlyway co-founder of SpaceIL. “Kids cool and exciting,”headds. understanding howthings wasnosmall feat.The job the moon. to makeitpossible is if you whosaw Neil Armstrong Born in Israel, 31-year-old work,Damari began learning wastackled in large part “It’sthe sizeofadish- go and do what’s needed walking his firststeps on the Damari recalls howhis own computerprogramming. He by Daniel Saat,director of washer so will cost afraction to makeithappen, ”says moon were inspired to be interest in the STEM fields ended up in Israel’sIntel- businessdevelopment for of other spacemissions. We Damari. — Erika Prafder � Wurzweiler School Now of Social Work accepting applications for fall 2014 Change your world. semester! Your MSW, Your Way.

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COMETOGETHER

Once ayear,our richly diverse NewYorkJewish Their participation in the largest annual pro-Israel community comes together at the Celebrate Israel gathering outside of the Jewish state itself Parade to express our abiding love for the State of reminds us that the parade is an occasion for Israel and its people. putting aside differences and remembering our shared commitment to Israel. This year,abroad delegation of Knesset members from across the political spectrum along with As we have for 50 years, we will celebrate — Israel’sInterior Minister Gideon Sa’ar will kick off as one community —the countrywelove. our march up Fifth Avenue. On June 1st, that’sall that matters. Join us.

Forinformation about the Celebrate Israel Parade, visit www.celebrateisraelny.org.

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High-flying pilots from El Al will lead their local flying club in aparade Wings flyover this Sunday OVER MANHATTAN or twodecades, Freddy SivanflewF-15s forthe F Israeli Air Force. Sivan, likemanyofhis fighter pilot friends, went on to flyfor the commercial Israeli airline,El Al, and todaycaptains 747s each week from TelAviv to the States. Sivanisalso amember of aunique,all- volunteer group based outof

Long Island’srepublic Air- Coppa port —the US Israel Flying J. Club,aninformal gathering

of pilots and aviation fans Edmund from the U.S. and Israel. US Israel Flying Club pilots Jeffrey Herskovitz, Freddy Sivan, Theclub wasorganized by AviCobin andMikeHarbaterare readyfor takeoff on Sunday. AviCobin, flight instructor robert Keleti and Al Pereg, “They’reall heroes and ter, beforelanding at Princ- aformer F-16 fighter pilot. to flywith them is an eton Airport forarather They did it “because we like incredible privilege,”says large celebratory picnic. to fly,”saysCobin. Michael Harbater,63, of They recentlyhad a Aboutonceamonth, Sivan Farrockaway.“Yo ufigura- practicerun with just two and other El Al pilots spend tively rub wingswith these planes. With Harbater at the time with local non-com- guys.It’sareal honor.” controls and Sivanonhis mercial pilots. This unlikely Forthe parade,the club right, the pair flewalongside band of brothersmay decide will flyinthree V-formations aCirrus Sr22flown by Jef- to flyonawhim to Atlantic of five planes each. Just as frey Herskovitz, 32,ofKew City or take across-country theypracticed on arecent Gardens. Herskovitz is the trip,all in small planes Sunday, theywill take off chief pilot forHopscotch Air, This Sunday, however, from republic Airport in aprivate jet companybased their diary is full. At 11:45 Farmingdale,Long Island, fly at republic. To his right sat a.m., 15 planes flown by the along the FifthAve.parade Cobin, 34, an Israeli native club’s pilots will flyoverthe route,the Hudson riverand whomovedtoNew Yo rk parade to salute Israel. above the WorldTrade Cen- aboutadecade ago. Last year,the club’s parade-dayflyovergrew to its current 15 planes, butthis ANEW APPROACH TO JEWISH LEARNING AFTER SCHOOL is the firstyear thatparade organizershavemadeit, as Instead of learning by rote, our after-school program sparks Cobin says,“official.” motivation and excitement for Judaism in kids grades K-8. Our “Itisanamazing feeling,” he says,“and it’sabig honor creative, individualized approach brings Jewish culturetolife not McADAM BUYRITE formetofly with all these only for the children in our program, but for their whole families, too. th th big airline pilots. Ialways 398 3rd Avenue, (Between 28 and 29 Streets) sayit’sworth coming from We also offer: Israel to watchthe parade,” 212.679.1224 he adds. “Toclose down the •Bar/batmitzvah ceremonies •Jewish learning for youth www.americaswineshop.com cityand march forIsrael, •Hebrew tutoring with developmental [email protected] you’re so proud, youcan’t disabilities believe it.” —Diane Herbst

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Jewish Community Relations • Abbie and Larry Cohen • IDT New York Association of Roslyn Temple Isaiah of Stony • The Moriah School Adath Israel of Riverdale • Chen Aharoni Council of New York • Elisa and Mitch Cohen • Jewish Homeland Holocaust Survivors from the Brook • National Conference of Shomrim Greenburgh Hebrew Center • DJ Mr.Black Ronald G. Weiner, President • Cindi and Tzvi Dresdner • AviChai Former Soviet Union • Temple Sinai of Massapequa Societies Lincoln Park Jewish Center Michael S. Miller,Executive Vice • Arthur and Hattie Dubroff • Carmel Car JCH of Bensonhurst • Temple Sinai of Roslyn • Northeast Queens Jewish New Rochelle Jewish Coalition JCRC-NY STAFF President and CEO • Charles and Rebecca Feldman • Dr.Felix Glaubach Russian American Foundation • Jewish Educational Center - Community Council Beth El Synagogue Center Michael Mittelman, • Debbie and RichardFinkelstein • Russian American Jewish Russian American Cultural Center • Yeshiva, Mesivta, Bruriah Babylonian Jewish Center Congregation Anshe Shalom Director,Celebrate Israel Intiative Jewish Community Relations • Anne Goldberg Experience Russian American Officers • Jewish Federation of Greater Bay Terrace Jewish Center Temple Israel of New Rochelle Hindy Poupko, Council-New York Parade • Marcia and Jay Goldfischer • IDB Bank Association MetroWest, NJ Bellerose Jewish Center NOW Israel of Northern Managing Director,Director, • Shira and Barry Hammerman • University Float: American Russian-American Voters Diller Teen Fellows Congregation L’Dor V’Dor Westchester Israel and International Affairs Committee • Doris and Jay Hartman Friends of Bar-Ilan University, Educational League Morristown Jewish Center Hillcrest Jewish Center Bet Torah of Mount Kisco Don Cohen, Jennifer E. Falk, Co-Chair • Beth and Lee Hindin American Friends of the Open Women’sOrganization Beit Yisrael, Morristown, NJ Hollis Hills Jewish Center Congregation Sons of Israel Israel Program Coordinator Judy Kaufthal,Co-Chair • Rivka and Etan Hindin University of Israel, American “Esther-ha-Malka” of the Congregation Shomrei Israel Center of Conservative First Hebrew Congregation • Judy and Daniel Israeli Committee for the Weizmann Bukharian Jewish Congress of the Emunah, Montclair,NJ Judaism Mount Kisco Hebrew PARADE STAFF Grand Marshall • Batya and Michael Jacob Institute of Science, American USA and Canada Temple Shalom, Succasunna, NJ Marathon Jewish Community Congregation Peter Kohlmann, Robert Benrimon • Barrie and Simon Jacob Committee for Shenkar College • AMERICAN VETERANS OF Congregation B’nai Israel, Center Pleasantville Community Executive Producer • Sue and RichardKelin in Israel, and American Technion ISRAEL LEGACY Millburn, NJ Parker Rehabilitation Synagogue Gianna Bergman, Government of Israel • Debra and Dov Lando Society • ARZA -Association of Reform Adath Shalom Synagogue, Temple Tikvah Temple Beth Am of Yorktown Director of Sponsorship Ambassador Ido Aharoni • Eta and Mark Levenson • One Israel Fund Zionists of America Morris Plains, NJ Whitestone Hebrew Centre Temple Beth El of Northern Karen Ostrove, Consul General of Israel in • Judy and Ari Levitan • ShaareZedek • Ashar Oheb Shalom Congregation, NorthshoreHebrew Academy Westchester Creative Director New York • Libby and Larry Levitt • The Hampton Synagogue • AZM -The American Zionist South Orange, NJ Middle School and High School Temple Beth Shalom of Mahopac Ambassador Ron Prosor • Linda and David Lewinter • The Hebron Fund Movement/WZO World OnwardIsrael Negev Fellows • OHEL Children’sHome & Temple Israel of NorthernWest- PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Permanent Representative of Israel • Yaffaand Larry Liebman Zionist Organization Mount Freedom Jewish • Family Services &Camp Kaylie chester Eventage Event Production, Inc., to the United Nations • Roslyn and Marvin Lipsky FLOATENTERTAINERS HaBonim Dror Center,Mount Freedom, NJ • One Family Fund Temple Shaaray Tefila Matt Glass, Jen Glass. Minister Sofa Landver • Bobbi and Michael Luxenberg • Hagit Yaso Hashomer-HaTsair • Jewish Federation NE PA • OU/Yachad/ NCSY Yorktown Jewish Center Ministry of Immigrant Absorption • Adam and Michelle Malek • Chen Aharoni Mercaz USA • Jewish Federation of NNJ • Palm Beach Synagogue Temple Israel Center of White TELEVISION PRODUCTION Deputy Minister Danny Danon • Rabbi and Mrs. Alvin Marcus • DJ Mr.Black AMIT GerrardBerman Day School • Park Avenue Synagogue Plains BardEntertainment Ministry of Defense • Sheba and Stanley Mittelman • HowardLeshaw Klezmer & Ameinu JCC of Paramus • Progressive Cluster Westchester Klezmer Program David Stern Members of the Knesset : • Rivka and Yaakov Moradi Yiddish Soul Bnai Zion Congregation Gesher Shalom, Americans for Peace Now Westchester Reform Temple Annette Jolles Hon. Tzachi Hanegbi, • Boni and Marty Moskovitz • The Shul Band • ARZA Fort Lee New Israel Fund • Yavneh Academy Hon. Yehiel Bar, • Cheryl and Jason Munk • Donny Baitner &The BaRock • Barkai Yeshivah Temple Israel, Ridgewood Partners for Progressive Israel • Yeshiva of Central Queens TELEVISION BROADCAST Hon. Elazar Stern, • Barbara and Yosef Muskin Orchester • Ben Porat Yosef Temple Emanu-el of Closter T’ruah • YBH of Passaic -Hillel PARTNER Hon. Zvuloon Kalfa, • Lynn and Sam Pepper • Hebrew Wizards • Bi-Cultural Day School Glen Rock Jewish Center West End Synagogue • Yeshiva Derech HaTorah My9 WWOR-TV,Lew Leone, VP Hon. Dov Alan Lipman, • Stephen and Eleanor Hammerman • Karen and HowardWydra • Joan and Lenny Berkowitz • Lisa Messinger • Paula and Joseph Piekes • The Ramaz Band • B’nai Jeshurun Fair-Lawn Jewish Center/ • Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East • Yeshiva Har Torah &General Manager,Audrey Pass, Hon. Itshak Cohen, • Joan Jakubovitz • Barbara Zimet • Laura and LeonardBerner • Midway Jewish Center • Larry Rein • DJ Alex Edge • Bnei Akiva of the U.S. and Canada Congregation Bnai Israel Day School • Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore Sr.Director,Communications and Hon. Yizhak Vaknin • Dina and Jonathan Kaufthal • Kenneth Blashka • Sylvia Miller • Phyllis and Moshe Roth • Sandy Shmuely • Boy/Girl Scouts of America Temple Avodat Shalom, River • Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva Community Public Affairs • Linda and Ilan Kaufthal PROVIDERS • Ethel Schwartz Bock • Laura and Alan Moss • Randee and Ken Rubenstein • Six Thirteen • The Brandeis School Edge • RAJE Congregation Brothers of Israel BENEFACTORS • Larry and Teena Lerner • Renee Albert • Faye Breitbart • Doris and LeonardNadel • Linda and Larry Schiffman • Camp HASC Temple Beth El of Northern • Ramaz -Middle School and Upper in Long Branch Yeshiva at the PRESS REPRESENTATIVES Government of Israel • Julie and Jerrold Levy • Marcand Gilda Angel • Carolyn Brown • Dana Butensky,Marilyn Olarsch • Esther and William Schulder STREET PERFORMERS • Carmel Academy Valley,Closter School Jersey Shore Rubenstein Communications, Inc. UJA-Federation of New York • Bernice Manocherian • Martin Balsam • Jesse Brown and Lauren Goodman • Mali and Steve Schwartz • Barynya Entertainment Dancers • Center for Jewish Life Temple Emanuel of North • Rambam Mesivta • Yeshiva University Suzanne Halpin • Alisa Robbins Doctroff, President • Gabrielle Propp • Lewis Bernstein • Gary Buchwald • Eleanor and Sidney Packer • Lisa and Irv Schwarzbaum • Israel Dance Institute • Chai Riders Jersey,Franklin Lakes • Shalhevet • Yeshivah of Flatbush -Middle- Alexandra Sturm • Linda Mirels, Chair of the Board • The Sheila and Henry Marcus • Lillian and Irwin Chanales • Lloyd Carroll • Judith V. 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➋ BinyAMinA Winery Dan From Biblical times onward,wine- making has been astapleoflifeinthe ➌ efendi hotel Middle East, and todayIsrael is home to Set in the ancient northern Israeli town increasinglysophisticatedwineries. of Akko and craftedfromapair of Ottoman Among the best-locatedisBinyamina Empire-erapalaces, the Efendi is among the most Winery,founded back in 1952.Ithas been complexprivate restoration projects ever over- cultivating qualityvintages ever since. seen by Israel’sultra-strict Antiquities Authority. Locatedbarely45mins from TelAviv, a The12-room propertyreflects the centuries of visit to Binyamina Winery offers an easy- conflict thathavedefined this sacred land almost access look at wine cultivation both old sinceBiblical times. At the hotel’sbase are1,500 and new. Head forthe winery’svisitors year-old Byzantine support walls, thatleadtoa center,which is housed in a90-year-old Crusader-erawine cellar capped by early Otto- former perfume factory firstestablished man Empire-eradining chambers, themselves by Zionist pioneer Baron Benjamin topped by original late-Ottoman bedrooms now Edmond de Rothschild, from which the housing the guest chambers. town of Binyamina (Hebrew for“Benja- Ornate and oversized, the suites arefit for min”) takesits name. aPasha and featuregrandlyarched windows, Theroughlyhour-long guided tour Turkish marble floors, contemporary Italian includes strolls through the winery’s furnitureand arangeofmeticulouslysourced vineyards, details aboutthe wine-making regional antiques. Prices run from about$500 process, infoonthe region’s wine history with breakfast. and —ofcourse —samples of the win- LouisIXStreet; Acre, Israel (011 972747299799; ery’stastiest pours. binyaminawines.co.il hotel-efendi.com) A12 CELEBRATEIsRAEL EVERYTHING OLD IS ➊ ChefMeirAdoni Tenyearsafter launching his flagship Thanks to abooming economyand newcropofcultural attractions, restaurant Catit (catit.co.il),baby-faced chef Meir Adoni continues to go from Israel continues to be the Middle East’s most dynamic destination. strength to strength. Along with alucra- From TelAviv’s creativeculinaryscene to Jerusalem’snew hotel tive television career,Adoni nowoversees amini-empireoffour TelAvivmust-eats. wonders, the Jewish nation has neverbeen morecompelling. On buzzy NahalatBinyamin Street, there’shis casual Mizlala (mizlala.co.il) From its snow-capped north to stark desertsouth, which serves upscale takesontraditional hereare 10 top ways to experience Israel’seclectic best. Levantine dishes along with posh Catit’s newincarnation. At the sea-facing Carlton By DAVID KAUFMAN Hotel, Blue Sky (blueskybyma. co.il) is an indoor/outdoor roof-top spot with an inventive fish-focused menu, while down- stairsisAdoni’slatest invention, Lumina, ameat-lovers delight, raising kosher cuisine to tasty and inventive newlevels. Next up forAdoni: arestau- rant in NewYork. (left) Baharlia The food from Chef Meir Adoni (inset above) is as Gabriel good as this yacht-filled view

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➋ BinyAMinA Winery Dan From Biblical times onward,wine- making has been astapleoflifeinthe ➌ efendi hotel Middle East, and todayIsrael is home to Set in the ancient northern Israeli town increasinglysophisticatedwineries. of Akko and craftedfromapair of Ottoman Among the best-locatedisBinyamina Empire-erapalaces, the Efendi is among the most Winery,founded back in 1952.Ithas been complexprivate restoration projects ever over- cultivating qualityvintages ever since. seen by Israel’sultra-strict Antiquities Authority. Locatedbarely45mins from TelAviv, a The12-room propertyreflects the centuries of visit to Binyamina Winery offers an easy- conflict thathavedefined this sacred land almost access look at wine cultivation both old sinceBiblical times. At the hotel’sbase are1,500 and new. Head forthe winery’svisitors year-old Byzantine support walls, thatleadtoa center,which is housed in a90-year-old Crusader-erawine cellar capped by early Otto- former perfume factory firstestablished man Empire-eradining chambers, themselves by Zionist pioneer Baron Benjamin topped by original late-Ottoman bedrooms now Edmond de Rothschild, from which the housing the guest chambers. town of Binyamina (Hebrew for“Benja- Ornate and oversized, the suites arefit for min”) takesits name. aPasha and featuregrandlyarched windows, Theroughlyhour-long guided tour Turkish marble floors, contemporary Italian includes strolls through the winery’s furnitureand arangeofmeticulouslysourced vineyards, details aboutthe wine-making regional antiques. Prices run from about$500 process, infoonthe region’s wine history with breakfast. and —ofcourse —samples of the win- LouisIXStreet; Acre, Israel (011 972747299799; ery’stastiest pours. binyaminawines.co.il hotel-efendi.com) CELEBRATEIsRAEL A13 NEW AGAIN olski Sik Itay ➑ CraMiM rESort&Spa The156-room Cramim Resort &Spa is set in the rugged hills of Kiryat Anavim, atranquil hamlet filled with boutique winer- ies just 10 minutesfromJerusalem. Mixing modern design with elegant, earthymaterials, Cramim is envisioned as aplacewhere tourists can delight in the region’s cultural and sybaritic wonders while locals enjoyagood night out.

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➎ MitzpEH HayaMiM Perched 1,500 feet above sea level, the 100-room Mitzpe Hayamim wasIsrael’s firstfull-servicespa resort. Founded by a ➒ Waldorf aStoriaJEruSalEM German homeopath, it’s With iconic properties likeThe King David and American acollection of rustic, Colony, Jerusalem has neverlacked forelegant hotels. Butits stone-cladstructures, newest, TheWaldorf-Astoria, raises the barevenfurther.Set 23 spatreatment rooms, within walking distanceofThe Old City,the Waldorfpairsa jacuzzis and pools, many historic shell with luxe, modern interiors. with views straight to the Sea of Galilee. Thevegetarian menu Thepropertyinhabits the preserved and intricately restored is based on extensive onsiteorganic gardens and dairies. The facade of the 1930s-eraPalaceHotel, whose myriadcolumns 37-acreretreatalso includes artists’ galleries, hiking trails and a and arches areaneye-catching example of traditional Levantine small giftshop.Opt forone of the resort’snewer deluxesuites Siv architecture. The226 rooms and suites arelight-filled and spacious, with panoramic views straight ontothe Golan Heights. an while its impressive events hall has crystal-cladmonumental chan- mitzpe-hayamim.com Askayo deliers. This is easilyJerusalem’s hottest hotel for2014. waldorfastoria.hilton.com ➏ Sarona ➐ ritz-Carlton HErzliya  dEliCiouS iSraEl Just completed, the Although it’sbarely30minutesnorth of Tel Israel’sincreasinglysophisticated Sarona (saronatlv.co.il) Aviv,the town of Herzliya is aworld away from culinary scene is nowluring curious complexisaningenious Israel’spartycapital. foodies from acrossthe globe. Tel example of TelAvivold Directlyfronting the sea and hosting some Aviv culinary expert Inbal Baum is and new. Set close to the of Israel’sbest beaches, Herzliya is home to taking this trend to the next level city’scultural quarter,the both the nation’s high-tech industry as well via Delicious Israel —personalized Aelyon 47-acresitefeatures 33 his- Eyal as its surfing and yachting culture. It’s here culinary-themed walking tours. toric homes firstbuilt some thatRitz-Carlton chose to open its firstIsraeli Craftedwith each traveler’s interests Marilus

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Fresh Israeli acts CHEN AHARONI Thelast time up-and-coming singer Chen Aha- light up the roni wasinNew York,his timing wasalittle off. SHINING STARS Parade this year “Superstorm Sandyhit the daybeforeIarrived,” he remembers. “I didn’t reallysee much.” This time,he’sexcited to sing forthe firsttime on DJ MR. BLACK HAGITYASO the back of afloat at the Parade. Ya nivBiton livesfor the kind From the tinywar-torn “I’ll probably sing songsIfeel the crowdcan of crowd-sourcedthrills atop town of Sderot in connect with,”hesays, including “Neshima,”his DJ gets perched on the stage southern Israel near firstnumber one on the Israeli charts, and “Nosea in front of thousands of half- the border with Gaza, Rahok.” dressed ravers.Whether he’s Hagit Yaso has made Aharoni singsmostlyinHebrew butspeaks fluent in Tokyo, Bangkok, London or it to Fifth English. “I do pop music, butIbring something at home in TelAviv, under his Avenue. from Israel,”hesaysfromhis home in RamatGan. stagename Mr.Black, he always Often His familyhails from Ye men, and he is pushes himself to entertain. pack- proud of thatinfluence. “I gotmyvoice “I liketomix live because each crowdisdifferent. aged as asultry thanks to my genes,”hesays. If youchoose something and see people arenot much soul singer,her At 17,Aharoni came in fourth in the intoit, youhavetoreach in and try to bring something crystal-clear tone and perfect diction makeher talent show“KokhavNolad(AStar everyone knows [to] try to connect people with the amesmerizing performer. is Born).”This led to twoseasons beat,”hesays. In 2011,the then-22-year-old wonthe ninth presenting ashowcalled “Ra’ash When Black, 33,composes, he starts with ahook. “I season of “KokhavNolad(AStarIsBorn),” (Noise)” on the Music 24 channel. take some melody, the main part, then Ibuild the atmo- with abold blend of musical styles and Aharoni, whoturned 24 in spherebehind it, and onlythen do Ibuild the beat.” languages: she singsinHebrew,Amharic, April, also did three yearsinthe Speaking from TelAviv, Black says he is very excited to English and Moroccan. In NewYorkshe will Israeli army. He workedasan getthe chancetoplayIsraeli pop in NewYorkCityatthe be singing “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav” (Jeru- injuries coordinatorand instruc- parade. “It’smyfirst time,soIwill be supporting Hebrew salemofGold). “It’sasong forIsrael, youlearn it when toratamedical complexinTel acts likeBalkan Beat Boxand Infected Mushroom.” you’re little; Igrew up on it,”she says.“This will be my HaShomer.“Yo ucan do something Mr.Black just finished avideo called “Boombox” firsttime singing on atruck. It’s going to be hard!” good forother people,togive with SonnyWilson. His song “Loud” wasthe track of Herband, composed of three students at TheNew back,”hesays. “Wewent to alot the month on ClubbingTV. School, will be her guide while she’s in NewYork. As she of places wherefamilies and chil- “These days the music is moreaggressive, more says,“We were all in the army, so we knoweach other dren [were] in need, gave them powerful. Idon’t play the whole track like10yearsago. well.” food and help,” he says. Sevenyearsago,I’d play 20 tracks per hour.These Yaso’s ambition is to break intothe American market. Aharoni hopes to do some days,it’s40per hour,” he says. “I want to connect with the audiencehere, the Jewish and acoustic gigsinNew Yo rk.“Ilike Forhis firsttime in NewYorkCity, Black is going Israeli and American audience,”she says.Tothatend, thatIcan see the audienceand their to take aweek to enjoythe city, trusting his friends to Ya so is working on her firstalbum, from which the single, transformation as theyunderstand what I showhim the best clubs. “A nything thatMentions,”features aduet with her father. want from them,”hesays. —JosephGallivan —JosephGallivan. Translator: Carene Shaaltiel —Joseph Gallivan

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