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3. MUST FOLLOW
Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khajah, the first ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Israel, who is already emerging as an intriguing and popular figure in Israel, opened a Twitter account and immediately received a warm Israeli digital reception. Al Khajah received 22,000 followers within 48 hours of opening the account and wrote in his account: “This is a strong message of normalization between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. We need more dialogue, more learning, and more involvement. This is how we build a warm peace. Thank you for the Twitter welcome.”
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4. MUST SEE
Members of the Friends of the Vertigo Dance Company, led by Varda Samet, were invited to a special event entitled Food & Art. The event was held in the company’s Vertigo Eco-Art Village in Kibbutz Netiv Halamed-Heh.
As part of the intimate evening, a new work of Noa Wertheim – the company’s artistic director and one of its founders – was unveiled for the first time. The show took place in the new Bronka Hall, which was donated by businessman Mike Fliderbaum and is named after his late mother.
After the show, members of the Friends association were invited to help choose a name for the new work, and then enjoyed a special gala dinner prepared by chef Orit Kedem, together with the dancers and Adi Sha’al, the dance company CEO. Haim Samet, Judith Yovel-Recanati, David Kochavi, Mike Fliderbaum, Aliza and Ariel Yaffa, Michael Kenny and others were also in attendance.
5. MUST TASTE
Gustel is a chocolate boutique that uses the finest raw materials from Valrohna, the international chocolate company. Behind Gustel are Jacob and Racheli Albert, together with chef David Biton. The three joined forces to bring high-quality chocolate to Jerusalem.
Gustel is located adjacent to the Mahaneh Yehuda market, and draws culinary inspirations from the seasonal local produce. This is how Praline with Sage ganache chocolate – one of Gustel’s most popular pralines – was born.
Another expression of the connection between chocolate and local raw materials is a series of pralines with olive oil – one of the culinary signatures most identified with Chef Biton, dating back to his days as chef of the King David Hotel.
Since the boutique has remained open during coronavirus, Gustel delivers within Jerusalem, as far south as Beersheba and north to the Galilee and Golan regions
6. MUST COVER
Michal Galanti
The Genesis collection, designed by Naama Ben-Moshe, a graduate of the Textile Design Department at Shenkar (2015), includes a series of blankets describing the Six Days of Creation so that each blanket represents a different day in the story of the creation of the world, as told in the Bible.
“The story is timeless, and it features many botanical elements in it that connect to my style of illustration,” says Ben-Moshe. The blankets themselves are made of 100% cotton and are woven in the US, using a jacquard technique that allows control of each thread. They can be used in various forms: as a bedspread, blanket for the living room, or for hanging on NAAMA BEN-MOSHE the wall.