1. Tuesday night, Old Trafford Stadium, in Manchester, England. Businessman Idan Ofer celebrates with fans and friends the promotion of the Atletico Madrid team to the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the expense of the host team Manchester United. Ofer is known to own a significant part of the ownership of Atletico.
2. The most talked about Purim party this weekend was by the creator of Assaf Rapaport – founder and CEO of Wiz. Leaders who performed the big hits from Disney took part in the evening: Ran Danker and Ninet who also surprised in a joint duet, Noa Kirl and Ilan Peled, Berry Sakharof and Margalit Tsanani, Maor Cohen, Neta Barzilai, and Sarit Hadad.
Noa Kirl and Ilan Peled (Photo: Guy Sidi, Menashe Cohen)The US Ambassador to Israel, Thomas Neidas, visited the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Tuesday. With them on the importance of diversity and higher education.
Asher Cohen and Thomas Niles (Photo: Bruno Sharvit)Last weekend, a contemporary Israeli art salon was opened in London, initiated and curated by the Bar-Gil Foundation, Sharon Podroisky and Ilana Vigerzin. The salon, held annually, took place after a long corona break, and the grand opening was attended by many including: football agent Para Gordiola, Robin Green – the curator of the Norman Hotel, and Pamela Crystal who runs Bfami London. Among the exhibiting artists: Ronen Shaharbani, Yair Barko and Keren Russo.
The Bar-Gil Foundation, Sharon Podroisky and Ilana Vigerzin (Photo: Jerry Shai Sarig)5. During the past weekend, an event was held in New York to mark the launch of a joint chamber of commerce for New York City and the State of Israel. The bureau is the result of a collaboration between the Binational Foundation, BIRD, and the Israeli consulate and the economic delegation in New York. The event took place at the Williamsburg Hotel under the sign: NYC & Israel – Working Together to Create Safe & Smart Cities. The event was hosted by: Israeli technology companies, American trading companies and investors. Speakers included: New York Mayor Eric Adams; Director of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Dr. Ron Malka; Consul General in New York, Assaf Zamir; BIRD US East Coast Representative, Andrea Yona; And more.
Assaf Zamir and Arik Adams (Photo: BIRD and Fredrickson Studio)On Saturday morning, businessmen, celebrities and artists gathered at Carmi Bat Shlomo Winery, owned by high-tech entrepreneur and businessman Eli Wortman. The guests came to raise a glass in honor of the American culinary wife Joan Nathan, who came on a special visit to Israel, as a guest of honor at Foodish, the culinary wing of “We” – the Museum of the Jewish People.
The event was hosted by Wortman himself, Museum Director Dan Tadmor, and Foodish Director Merav Oren, who shared with guests the future plans to launch a kitchen of the Museum’s Culinary Wing. Rani, Moshe Mamrod, Shalom Zeidler, Guy Pines and Ruthi Rodner, Rita, Chef Haim Cohen and his wife Siegel, the writer Meir Shalev and more.
Rita and Joan Nathan (Photo: Itai Slickter)
Eli Wortman and Moshe Mamrod (Photo: Itai Slickter)7. The Tel Aviv-Yafo Education Promotion Association held its second gala evening on Monday at the AVENUE events complex in Kiryat Sadeh Airport. During the event, they received awards for the year 1952: Edward Cohen, Jeffrey Jason who came especially to the event from London, and the founder and CEO of NRX, Dr. Jonathan Shavit. Enjoyed the evening: The association’s founder Dr. David Portovich, chairman of the association Haim Horowitz and his wife Natalie, chairwoman of the gala evening Shirley Agiv and her husband Rafi; Nir Sheretzky and his wife Galit; Hani Horowitz, and many more. Four of the guests celebrated birthdays during the event, including: Haim Horowitz who took the stage and played the piano in honor of the birthday celebration shared by him and Professor Yossi Gross; Yosef Bar-Natan and Orna Cohen, the wife of Edward Cohen, receive the award for the year 1962. The trio “Ma Kashur” appeared in the artistic program.
Haim and Natalie Horowitz (Photo: Fabian Koldorf)
Nir and Galit Shretzky (Photo: Fabian Koldorf)Guy Baram, CEO and owner of the Baram Group, has opened an NFT gallery that operates in both the physical and virtual space. The physical gallery opened at the Norman Hotel in Tel Aviv, and will operate for only one month, two days each week. Visitors to the exhibition can wander , While at the same time displaying the same gallery, which was established in Metaverse, and will allow anyone, from anywhere in the world, to roam the virtual gallery and purchase the same NFT works that appear LIVE in the physical gallery.
Among those who came to the opening were: Michal Baram, Irma and Avi Michaeli, Dafna and Amir Pushinski, Inbal Kreiss, Eyal Waldman, Shiri and Idan Wells, Nurit and Yoni Salzman, Roni Gimzo and Karen Brunner, Ilan Greenbaum, Keren and Gadi Krubiner, Shira and Yishan Davidi, Gil Schweid and Meital Danino, Mark Topilsky and Lilach Asher Topilsky Yaron Lieberman, CEO of the hotel and more.
Guy Baram and Idan Wells (Photo: Aviv Hofi)
Avi and Irma Michaeli (Photo: Aviv Hofi)
Roni Gamzo and Karen Brunner (Photo: Aviv Hofi)
Dafna and Amir Pushinski (Photo: Aviv Hofi)
Yaron Lieberman (Photo: Aviv Hofi)9. Businessman Ofer Krazner, the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Israel, was forced to miss his grandson’s first birthday due to participating in a demonstration to open the doors and heart of the Jewish people to allow larger numbers of non-Jewish refugees from Ukraine to enter Israel. His son, Yiftach Krazner, founder of the inshortech company ‘Kistara’, shared with his friends that he felt great pride in his father’s activities.