#Pop Culture Israel – May
Find out how Israel made headlines this month across the board and across the world
CELEBRITY
Power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West recently had their daughter, North, baptized at Cathedral of St. James, an Armenian church in Old City of Jerusalem. The whirlwind trip also included dinner with mayor Nir Barkat
AWARDS
Actor Chaim Topol (a.k.a. Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof) and poet Erez Biton are amongst those who have been awarded the prestigious Israel Prize, the state’s highest honor
RANKING
Israel was ranked as the 11th happiest country in the world by the World Happiness Report, with the U.S. trailing behind at 15th
RESCUE AID
Israel has sent a 260-person team to Nepal in the wake of April's magnitude-7.8 earthquake. The Israeli medical team, the largest of any international aid team, are operating a state-of-the-art field hospital in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu
HISTORY
A 55,000-year-old skull, the oldest outside of Africa, was found in northern Israel, proving that humans migrated from Africa to Europe and Asia
NIGHTLIFE
Tel Aviv’s famed nightlife was recognized as the #2 “Reason to Travel” by Travel + Leisure Magazine