When hearing of a terror attack people tends to focus on the number of fatalities. An organization established in Israel by former Southern Africans, focuses on the injured. “For every person killed in a terror attack, there are on average 8-10 injured,” reveals Rocky Muravitz, who together with Vic Essakow co-founded TIKVOT (Hebrew for ‘Hope’), […]
By David E. Kaplan and Dr. Les Glassman With Lawn Bowls being a major sport at this year’s 2017 Maccabi Games, discover how this sport was introduced to Israel by South African immigrants. “HARD TO BEAT” was the message that resounded at the European Lawn Bowls Championships held in Israel in August 2015. Although England came out […]
A contemporaneous reflection on South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup from a former Israeli ambassador to Pretoria. Amongst the hundreds of thousands of visitors to South Africa during the 2010 Football World Cup was Israel’s former ambassador to that country, Dr. Alon Liel. The attraction was not so much the sport itself, but […]