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ISRAEL ELECTRIC Israel’s Eurovision show
TO HELP SAFEGUARD
TOKYO OLYMPICS voted best of decade
FROM CYBERATTACK
The Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c
has signed an agreement with a lead- urovision fans voted “Dare to media followers to vote for their favor-
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ing energy utility in Japan to help it se- Dream,” the 64 Eurovision ite Eurovision show of the 2010s based
cure infrastructure against cyberattacks ESong Contest in Tel Aviv, the on four categories: stage, songs, voting See You In March
during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, IEC best Eurovision production of the de- sequence and overall production value.
chairman Yiftah Ron-Tal said at the cade. The result helps take the sting out
Cybertech 2020 conference in Tel Aviv. Israel had won the privilege of of the fact that Israel’s contestant, Kobi Wednesdays:
IEC has similar cooperation agree-hosting the 2019 Eurovision contest Marimi, placed a disappointing 23 rd The Original Brown Bag with
ments with an electricity producer in by virtue of Netta Barzilai winning the in the 2019 contest. The winner was Rabbi Geoff Huntting
Canada and a European utility. 2018 contest held in Lisbon. Duncan Laurence of The Netherlands. March 6:
IEC was subject to an average An estimated 182 million people Accordingly, the 65 contest will take Rhythm & Jews Erev Shabbat
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11,000 cyber events per second in watched the three-day production last place next May in Rotterdam. Service
2019, and is one of the most targeted May, produced by Israeli public broad- Over 64 years, the Eurovision
organizations in the world. casting company Kan. It was broadcast Song Contest has grown to become the March 8:
This huge exposure to cyberattacks live from Tel Aviv to the 41 participat- world’s biggest live music event. Is- Purim Carnival
has led IEC to develop its cybersecu-ing countries and across the rest of the rael has participated 41 times, won first March 9:

rity tools and market them globally. world via YouTube. place four times (1978, 1979, 1998, Rhythm & Jews Purim Service
(Shoshanna Solomon, Times of Israel) The European Broadcasting Union, 2018) and hosted the contest three Megilah
operator of the contest, asked social- times (1979, 1999 and 2019).
ISRAELIS WIN GOLD March 15:
AT WORLD DEBATE Google lists Tel Aviv as Mr. Lucky Book Signing
CHAMPIONSHIP
Maya Saveliev won a gold medal at the #5 top travel destination
Israeli students Hadar Goldberg and

40 World Universities Debate Cham-
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pionship in Thailand on Friday, Janu- in 2020
ary 3, in the category of debaters who By Naama Barak, ISRAEL21c
speak English as a second language. el Aviv is a fabulous travel des- the prestigious list, even Dubai in the
The two Israeli women, compet- tination, and certainly one on United Arab Emirates, with which Isra- For more information on
ing on behalf of the Open University of upcoming events and Temple
Israel, defeated 384 groups, which in- Tpeople’s mind. Internet giant el doesn’t have formal diplomatic ties.
cluded 750 speakers. (Jerusalem Post) Google recently shared that Tel Aviv The Muslim-majority emirate is host- Sinai, visit SinaiSRQ.org
was the fifth trending destination for ing this year’s Expo and invited Israel

the upcoming year. to participate. This milestone opens up
STAY CONNECTED Revealing the top 10 trending des- the gates to further Israeli tourism.
tinations in 2020, Google listed Da Back in this corner of the Middle

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Tel Aviv. The second half of the list spot. In December, Forbes ranked # #InnovativeReform
was comprised of Marseille, Vienna, it the second-best city to visit in the
Bangkok, Dubai and Perth. world, preceded only by Las Vegas.
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