Around the world, favourite beach activities include sunbathing, swimming and sandcastle building. But in Israel, matkot - an extreme game of bat and ball - dominates the coastline. The goal is for ...

Yoni Cohen sits down with Amnon “The King” Nissim, owner of Israel’s only museum dedicated to the unofficial national sport. Tucked away in an old apartment in Tel Aviv’s picturesque Neve Tzedek ...

Thwack! Ever played matkot (paddle ball) on the beaches of Israel? Or more often than not, found yourself trapped in the danger zone between two hard-hitting players while trying to take a stroll ...

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center Matkot, the wooden paddleball game that’s a regular feature — ...

Israelis play "Matkot", a kind of beach paddleball without rules or points, on August 23, 2015 on a beach in the city of Tel Aviv It starts with a simple knock ... then another, and another. For many ...

“Man is the mold of his homeland” so wrote the well known Israeli poet Saul Tchernichovsky. This is the narrative that a group of Israeli artists is grappling with. They received a pair of Matkot ...

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Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center Filmmakers Tom Shinan and Liran Goldberg don’t know Amnon ...

(JTA) — Anyone who has visited an Israeli beach is likely familiar with the popular beach paddle game known as matkot. For millions of TV viewers and a live audience of 1,400 at NBC’s “America’s Got ...

It starts with a simple knock ... then another, and another. For many on Israel's beaches, it's the sound of a popular sport, while for others it turns the seafront into a battlezone. Those trying to ...