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.
Israel?s Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv faces off against the Knicks October 11th in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden to benefit Migdal Ohr. Maccabi became the first international team to win on North American soil in 2005 when they defeated the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre.
The YouTube contest is open to participants throughout the world and comes to end September 30th. Participants are asked to submit 30 second videos to YouTube about ?Israeli Sites & Faces? and comment with a link to your video here on this post at the bottom of this page.
The videos should exhibit the following qualities:
? Originality
? Creativity;
? Quality of the video;
? Aesthetic quality;
? Sound Quality;
? Individual/Group Initiative;
? Positive Messaging;
? Positive Images;
? Conformity with the theme selected;
For more information, please visit ?isRealli?, the Israeli Consulate in New York City blog.
