Hanoked Dairy, located in the northern community of Gilon, won gold at the 2019 Mondial du Fromage for its Leshem sheep milk cheese and silver for its Beit Hakerem goat milk cheese.

Situated in Moshav Herut in the Sharon area, Hanan Hagaban ("Hanan the Cheesemaker") took bronze for its Herut sheep milk cheese with sage.

In addition to competing in the contest, Hanoked Dairy also took part in an international cheese exhibit that set a Guinness World Record for the largest cheese platter/board.

Fifteen countries were represented at the event.

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Issak Hayik, who celebrates his 74th birthday next week, broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest living soccer player after playing goalww in an afternoon game with Israel's Ironi Or Yehuda soccer club, Hayik managed to make some good saves on Friday, though his team was defeated 5-1.

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The Iraqi-born sportsman received the formal title in an award ceremony attended by representatives from the Guinness World Record organization following the match.

"I'm ready for another game," said Hayik, whose family immigrated to Israel when he was four years old.

"This is not only a pride for me but also [for] Israeli sports in general."

His family was among the tens of thousands of Iraqi Jews who fled in the mid-20th century to Israel, whose creation in 1948 and successive defeats of Arab armies caused bursts of popular anger and violence against Jews.

Hayik's children voiced pride in their father's achievement. One of his sons said they used to play in semiofficial matches together.

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Salt and pepper shakers, that is. Some 37,000 pairs are on display on floor-to-ceiling shelves in the museum the 58-year-old Israeli collector has opened in his backyard in the northern city of Hadera.

Bar-On's exhibit includes shaker Santas, Christmas trees, toilet seats, animals, figures in traditional dress and even a ceramic Queen Elizabeth and her dog.

He received most of the shakers as gifts or as donations from other collectors and purchased the rest. "Everyone lives happily in this museum. Muslims, Christians, Jews, everyone," he said.

Bar-On began the collection in 2014 and he said representatives of the Guinness World Records were due to visit his "Salt & Pepper Museum" soon.

He has digitally documented every shaker. The oldest dates back to 1703, and he said the most expensive was worth $17,000.

"I'm going to stop on forty thousand because I think that it's very difficult for people to handle with such a quantity of items and that's the limit," said Bar-On.

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