By Yiftach Levy LA JOLLA, California –Since being appointed to the role of Israel’s deputy foreign minister in 2009, Danny Ayalon has achieved some measure of success in an area that has been problematic for Israel for years, if not decades: its PR image. Using — indeed, embracing — emerging technology and social media tools [...]
By Yiftach Levy SAN DIEGO — It would be understandable if Linda Bennett, whose daughter Marla was murdered in a terrorist bombing at Hebrew University in 2002, were opposed to the prisoner exchange deal that brought Gilad Shalit back to Israel. But she said she believes, along with most Israelis, including some whose own children [...]
Born To Fly, 2009, 67 min. Hebrew, French, & English with English subtitles throughout. Directed by Uri Borreda, Produced by Yaakov Shem Tov, Uri Borreda. By Yiftach Levy SANTEE, California –In the mid-1960s, Danny Shapira, already Israel’s most accomplished military test pilot, had a special flightsuit custom-sewn for him so he could fly an experimental [...]
An Article of Hope (2009). Directed by Daniel Cohen, Produced by Daniel Cohen and Christopher G. Cowen. English, 54 minutes. By Yiftach Levy SANTEE, California–When you see the typical blockbuster box-office offerings – action/adventure, animated, sequel-driven franchises, what have you – it may be hard to believe that a simple, straightforward talking-heads documentary can be [...]
Singing and Dancing Counter Anti-Israel Protest By Yiftach Levy SAN DIEGO - An intense week of preparations involving scores of emails and phone calls all over San Diego County and beyond culminated in the gathering in Balboa Park of hundreds of pro-Israel activists – Israelis, Jews, and non-Jews alike. They came to sing, wave Israeli and American flags, [...]
JOINS IN—Eitan Frysh, a senior at San Diego Jewish Academy, joins with singers of the Israel Defense Forces at Friends of the IDF campus appearance. _____________________________________________ By Yiftach Levy SAN DIEGO, California–What can you say when a concert experience runs the gamut from deeply moving to bizarrely surrealistic to profoundly annoying to just plain fun? [...]
