The Alon Times
June 2019
How and Why
By Noam Barag
*Snail
Elephants
Cows and Milk
Sea *Otters
*Koala
*Octopus
Dictionary- מילון
*לוטרה - otter
*קואלה - koala
*תמנון- octopus
*כלים- tools
*זרועות - tentacles
the Red Panda
By Ilil Attarchi
The Red Panda lives in China.
It eats small animals, eggs and fish.
The name "Red Panda" was given because his body is covered in reddish – brown hair.
The Red Panda likes to climb on trees and is *usually found living in groups with their families.
There are not many Red Pandas left in the world. If we don't look after them, they will not survive and may become *extinct.
מילון - Dictionary
*בדרך כלל - usually
why I love- Dua Lipa
By Libi Cohen
Dua Lipa is a singer who started her career at age 15. She is now 23 years old, has 5 albums, 14 music awards, has 31 million followers on Instagram. She has millions of fans all over the world, she has *masses of *campaigns for all the greatest fashion companies such as Chanel, Versace and those are just to name a few. She has loads of songs of her own and songs that she *collaborated with other singers as well.
Here are some of the reasons why I love Dua lipa.
Dua Lipa made her way to fame not through *agents, or through her family but because of her voice.
Dua Lipa has a special voice, so it's fun and interesting to hear her sing.
Dua Lipa creates clips with large music companies and invests a lot of money in them, so each of her clips are different from the other. In costumes, in her dancers and in the locations which makes it very fun to watch.
My dream is to design fashion, Dua Lipa is a fashion icon, she wears the clothes of fashion houses and well-known designers all over the world, she *participates in fashion ceremonies and in her performances you can see the details of her dresses and the dancers outfits. They are packed with creative styles and ideas.
Attached is a link to a video of several performances by Dua Lipa.
I hope you enjoy!
מילון - Dictionary
*מסה, המון - masses
*מסע פרסום - campaign
*שיתוף פעולה - collaboration
*סוכנים - agents
*משתתף/ת - participates
Dua Lipa's profile in social media.
Dua Lipa's cover of her last album.
Dua Lipa at the fashion ceremony of Versace.
The Scouts Movement
By Nadav Dori
The *scouts is a global youth movement. The target of the scouts is to develop young people's skills so that they can take part and find their place in the society.
In the scouts movement, the members play social games, build wooded structures and every few months go on a trip to different parts of the country.
The scouts movement was founded by Robert Baden Powell, commander in the British Army in 1900. His target was to educate teens in England to lead a healthy life, which includes sports, games and activities in nature. In 1908 Powell published a book named "Scouting for Boys", the book gained great success and scouts *branches opened all over the world.
In 1925 the first scouts branch opened in Israel named - "Meshotety Hacarmel" - "משוטטי הכרמל"
The scouts movement has a special *uniform, a shirt and shorts in *khaki color and a tie. Each year there is different color tie.
Children begin the scouts from the fourth grade until the twelve grade.
There are 2 activities a week, on Tuesdays and on Fridays.
I take part in the scouts movement in the "Arad" branch, I enjoy it very mach and I recommend you to join in on the fun.
מילון - Dictionary
*סניף - branch
*מדים - uniform
*חאקי - khaki
Garbage island
By Maayan Toledo
The island was found at the end of the last century, in the North Pacific.
There are 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic on the island.
In a study conducted, at least 8 million pieces of plastic are thrown each year into the ocean.
Did you know?
The island has a flag and bills of money.
The flag is white, blue and has a green bottle as though floating in the water.
A 20 Debris bill has pictures on both sides. On the one side, a sea turtle and on the other, an octopus in the ocean next to a lot of plastic garbage.
A 50 Debris bill has pictures on both sides. On the one side a seal is imprisoned in garbage, and on the other side birds standing on the Garbage Island.
A 100 Debris bill has pictures on both sides. on the one side, a choking bird with plastic rings around its neck and on the other, a whales among all the garbage.
A video showing the impact of garbage on our country
2 dangerous animals in nature
By Maayan Toledo
The cone snail can be found in the East Anatolia In Turkey.
One drop of venom from this animal can kill 20 people.
The poison has no serum, so whoever is poisoned will probably die.
The African buffalo can be found in Africa.
They are very strong and powerful animals, so when they start attacking, humans have no chance of living.
In Africa, about 250 people die every year from the attack of a buffalo.
Netta Barzilai
By Yali Cohen
Netta Barzilai was born on the 22nd of January 1993.
Netta is an Israeli singer, recording artist and looping artist who won the fifth season of the Israeli TV talent show, "Hakohav HaBa" - "הכוכב הבא". This earned her the honor of representing her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. On May 12th 2018, she won the Eurovision song contest, held in Lisbon, Portugal, with her song "Toy", marking Israel's fourth win in the Eurovision Song Contest (after 1978, 1979, and 1998).
In September 2017, she took the stage tests for "The Next Star of the Eurovision Song Contest". At "Stage of the Screen" she sang the song "Rude Boy" by singer Rihanna, in a special arrangement that was rated 82%. In February 2018 she advanced to the final stage of the program, in which she competed against Chen Aharoni, Yehonatan Margi and Riki Ben Ari. In the final, on February 13th, 2018, she lost a duel to singer Ricky Ben-Ari, but remained on the show due to the decision of three of the judges that decided to leave her on the show. Barzilai's final performance at the end of the competition was a combination of the South Korean pop song "Gangnam Style" and the 2009 hit "Tik Tok".
After winning 210 points from the judges and the audience, Barzilai won first place for Israel for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.
On February 25th, 2018, it was *announced that Barzilai's song in the Eurovision Song Contest will be called "Toy" and that the song will be performed in English, except for the Hebrew *phrase "I am not a puppet" - "אני לא בובה". The song was written and composed by Doron Medley and Stav Beger. With the release of the video clip by the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, in less than two months it received over 20 million views and over 232,000 leaks on YouTube. Before the Eurovision show, On May 26th, the video broke the record of the official Eurovision Song Contest on YouTube, with over 57 million views.
One of the *salient features of Barzilai's songs is the use of a looper, but the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest *prohibit the use of an instrument in which voices are recorded in advance. After the Israel *Broadcasting Corporation approached the European Broadcasting Union, it was agreed that Netta Barzilai would be able to use the Looper during the performance in Lisbon, but that the use would only be performed live, and it would be forbidden to bring pre-recorded sound. During rehearsals for the Eurovision performance, it was decided that the looper would be a visual element and would not be used during the performance.
מילון - Dictionary
* מנע, אסר - prohibit
*הוכרז - announced
* ביטוי - phrase
* תאגיד שידור - Broadcasting Corporation
Neta was announced as the winner of the Eurovision contest 2018.
Neta during her performance.
A star is born.
How and Why
By Roy Rabinovich
Toilet
Turtels
Clothes
Babies
Sneezing
Refinement
Dictionary- מילון
*לנשום - breathe
*ישבן - buttocks
*תבזבז - spend
*להחליט - decide
*נולד/ים - born
*להתעטש - sneeze
*ממצמצות/ממצמצים - blink
The city of Eilat
By Ilil Attarchi
Eilat is the most *southern city in Israel.
Eilat is the best city for a summer vacation. It is packed with different *attractions and fun activities.
It is located near Yam Suf - ים סוף which is also called the Red Sea.
The Red Sea is one of the most beautiful places in the world. The water of the Red Sea is very clear, very deep and it stays the same temperature all year round. There are many kinds of special, *unique and colorful fish swimming in the Red Sea. There are many beautiful *corals on the reef of Eilat and many people from all over the world come to Eilat to dive there and see the beautiful nature under the water.
On your vacation there, you can scuba dive. That means that you will go 10 meters under water with *air tanks and an instructor that will show you how to dive and how to enjoy the beautiful nature under water.
You can visit the Dolphin Reef and the Under-Water Museum.
You can also find water sports like banana boats, water skies, jet skies and more. You can also choose to relax and have fun on the beach and in the swimming pool of your hotel.
מילון - Dictionary
* אטרקציות - attractions
* ייחודי, יחיד במינו - unique
* אלמוגים - corals
* בלוני חמצן - air tanks
Fashion - slavery in Nike
By Libi Cohen
how do they even get to the store? who makes them? where?
Nike, for example, is a brand of sport shoes and sportswear with factories in many countries around the world.
Nike is an American company, but its factories are located in poor countries such as Indonesia, China, India and more.
These countries pay very little money to the workers, who are often young children, sometimes only 12 years old. They work 18 hours a day and earn less than 10 shekels for a days work. The terms in which they work are considered as slavery terms.
It is important to think about this when we choose where to buy our clothes in the future.
Queen
By Nadav Dori
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970. Their classic *ensemble were Freddie Mercury, Brain May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. They have 15 albums.
Their most famous album is "Greatest Hits", with a total of sales of over 5 million records.
The band (Queen) sold over 300 million records worldwide.
Their logo was designed by Freddie Mercury.
The most famous songs by Queen are:
1."We are the champions"
2. "Don’t stop me now"
3." We will rock you"
4." Another one Bites the Dust"
5."Bohemian Rhapsody"
I think that Queen are one of the best bands in the world. I love their songs so much and I am sure you will too.מילון - Dictionary
The olympic Games
By Nadav Dori
The Olympic Games are a global contest held every four years and 120 countries or more take part in it.
The countries send their best *athletes to compete at the Olympic games.
About seven thousand athletes compete in over 34 different *fields of sport. In the Olympic Games there are three types of medals; a gold medal, a silver medal and a bronze medal.
Until today there were 31 Olympic Games.
The first Olympic Games were held in *Athens in 1896 where 14 countries took part with 241 athletes in 9 different fields of sports. Since then the Olympic Games are held every four years in a different city.
Israel in the Olympic games
Until today Israel took part in 18 Olympic games and received medals, one gold, one silver and seven bronze. The first medalist was Yael Arad, she won a silver medal in the field of judo.
The murder of the Israeli athletes in *Munich
The murder of the Israeli athletes in Munich was a terrorist attack that *occurred in 1972 in the Munich Olympic Games. 8 terrorists entered the apartment in which 11 Israeli athletes were staying and held them *hostage.
The athletes from Israel were murdered, but the Olympic Games continued as usual.
מילון - Dictionary
*ענפי ספורט - fields of sport
*אתונה - Athens
*התרחש - occurred
*בני ערובה - hostage