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Israel’s Largest Outdoor Market

The sights, sounds and aromas of Israel’s largest outdoor market, Mahane Yehuda, are there to be savored. One of western Jerusalem’s top tourist attractions, it’s a jumble of shops and stalls, a place of sensory delights for gourmets and gourmands alike. Crowded with shoppers, especially as the Sabbath approaches, it resounds to the shouts of […]

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Arts

Cinematic Treats From Toronto’s Jewish Film Festival (3)

Among the movies to be presented at this year’s Toronto Jewish Film Festival, running from May 5-15, are two films focusing on Israel and an Italian documentary about the former ghetto in Venice.   Danae Elon, born in Jerusalem in 1970, left Israel in 1990 and spent the next two decades in New York City, […]