Paula Abdul Visits Israel to learn about Fashion and More

Song and dance superstar Paula Abdul arrived in Israel yesterday for her first-ever vacation in the Holy Land. Within 24 hours of her El Al jet touching down from Los Angeles, she had dined in a hip Jerusalem restaurant, hugged shoppers in the capital's Mahane Yehuda Market, toured the Israel Museum and had been received by Shimon Peres, President of Israel, at his official residence. And that was just Day One.

  

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"During the next ten days Paula will climb Masada, float in the Dead Sea, tour the Galilee, shop in Tel Aviv and attend the city's 'Gindi Fashion Week,'" says Haim Gutin, Israel Tourism Commissioner, North and South America, who invited Abdul on the trip to Israel, "but the highlight of the trip will be later this week when she celebrates her Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem." Commenting on the upcoming ceremony, President Peres told the 51-year-old star, "I have had a Bar Mitzvah, and you haven't, so you have something to look forward to!"

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The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, met this morning with international singing and dancing star, Paula Abdul who is visiting Israel as a guest of the Ministry of Tourism. President Peres and Paula Abdul met at the beginning of her visit to Israel during which she will tour Israel's sites including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and northern Israel and learn more about Israeli society, fashion, dance, theater and music.

Paula Abdul thanked President Peres for his warm welcome and said, "I'm so overwhelmed with gratitude to be here, I've wanted to come for years. My career took me many places and this is my first vacation in almost eight years that I'm actually here to sight-see like a regular tourist. My family were here and they were crying, overwhelmed with joy that I'm here. It's such an honor, I know already when I have to leave I won't want to." During the meeting Abdul asked to see photos of the president's grandchildren and hear more about life in Israel. She said to President Peres, "Everyone told me you're so sababa and it's true"
  
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