That fateful morning, his mother woke to chaos, and, along with her partner, locked herself in the safe room in the kibbutz at which they live. There she spent hours on end, listening to Arabic commands, rapid gunfire and screams of horror from her neighbours. After the IDF finally released her, she begged them to take her to the home of her daughter and granddaughter. But they were not there…
Boaz Kramer has a strong handshake and, as I soon discover, a strong personality. As a CEO, that's perhaps that's a good thing, though the organization he's in charge of is hardly your run-of-the-mill corporation. Kramer is Director of the Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled (Spivak), established over 50 years ago, and offering over 20 different disciplines to both adults and children...
Vlad Bykanov admits he wasn't a kid who could sit still for more than five minutes. And when you watch a video of him racing round an ice rink, fast enough to make your head spin, you understand why. Because this is a man with a real passion for skating – a passion so great that by the age of 16 he was already competing on the world scene and in his mid-20s representing Israel at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics...
