Orit Arfa
By Orit Arfa
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Food No one braids like The Challah Prince
How do you make a Challah Prince? Start with an Israeli born in Tel Aviv named Idan Chabasov, 35. Place him in Berlin with water, flour, yeast, sugar, and egg yolks. Mix with experience as a social media marketer. Add four years in art school in Tel Aviv specializing in animation. Leave to rise, isolated,…
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News If Amsterdam purges prostitutes and pot shops from city center, will Jewish sites suffer?
Will the pandemic lockdown inspire Amsterdam to purge the sex and drugs from its historic core and focus more on its Jewish cultural heritage? Some natives hope so — but not necessarily the Jewish community. Like most of its European neighbors, Holland closed its borders during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic along with…
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