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The Israeli Consulate in NY has teamed up with the AIFL to create a YouTube contest to garner user generated videos about Israel. The winning videos will have a chance to be played on the big screens October 11 at Madison Square Garden during the upcoming NY Knicks Maccabi Tel Aviv exhibition basketball game to benefit Migdal Ohr, Israel s largest and most highly acclaimed youth village. At the game, the audience will be asked to select their favorite video whose creator will be awarded by the America Israel Friendship League with a round trip flight from Israel to NY or NY to Israel.

Amazing achievement for David Blatt, the Israeli coach of Russia, who beat the world champion Spain in the final of the EuroBasket yesterday in Madrid!The official web site of the Eurobasket 2007 written today that Any coach can take over a new team and change the X’s and O’s, the style of play, teach a new defense or pick new players.