Blog #11 – Hockey Night in Israel


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November 7th 2011
Published: November 22nd 2011
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While caught in a “p’kuk” (traffic jam) en route to Afula on the evening of Adin’s birthday, October 27, 2011, Evgeny Gusin called on my cell phone to say the Bat Yam (a Tel Aviv suburb) Hockey Association would be having its first ice time in Metula on Monday November 7, 2011. Evgeny is the head of the Association, which is the closest ice hockey association to Jerusalem. He is also the f... Read Full Entry



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22nd November 2011

Hockey Night in Israel
The latest Connecting - national newsletter of Cdn Friends of Hebrew U. in Jerusalem - Vol 9 Issue 1 - has a feature article "Hockey Night in Israel". Apparently CFHU has established a scholarship program to allow promising Israeli hockey players to study at HU in Jerusalem. The article talks about Metulla, the 8 team Israeli Hockey League and the Israel Recreational Hockey Association. The program was sprearheaded by Cdn businessman Sidney Greenberg of Astral Media and sponsors include the NHL and Air Canada. Check www.cfhu.org/sidney. Enjoying your blogs. Carol will bring greetings soon.
23rd November 2011

Etzba hagalil
Your blog brought back fond memories of 1979, hitch hiking from Kfar Blum into Kiryat Shemonah--the 'big city'. You could always tell when a Kfar Blumnik was going into town, because they would tuck in their t-shirt. Of course, you had to get dressed up for KS. Never knew who you might run into...

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