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With Machane Yehuda in the Spotlight, Are Political Winds Changing Direction in Jerusalem?

By Andrew Friedman / TPS

Four leading candidates for Jerusalem mayor rejected a demand Monday by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to close the city’s Shuk Mahane Yehuda open air market at night.

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Parking Crisis Averted

By Photo of the Day

If they weren't already charging for the parking, they could have charged for the ride.

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I'm King David. No! I'm King David

By Photo of the Day

Sorry, but I couldn't resist that title when I saw the photo.

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Sufganiot Galore

By Photo of the Day

Sufganiot (doughnuts) for sale at the Marzipan bakery in the Machane Yehuda shuk in Jerusalem, before the holiday of Chanukah.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Surrealism Reigns in Israel as Shopkeeper Stops Terrorist Girls Using a Chair

By JNi.Media

Minister Naftali Bennett wants to re-invade the Palestinian Authority and cleanse the terrorism. He might want to send in an army of psychiatrists instead.

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Stocking Up

By Photo of the Day

It's only Tuesday, but Shuk Machane Yehuda is packed with shoppers buying food and supplies to wait out the snow storm.    

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Postcard from Israel: Machane Yehuda Market

By Hadar Sela

Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem has its roots back in the late nineteenth century when it was known as Shuk Beit Ya’acov after the nearby neighbourhood of the same name which was established in 1885. Two years later, the Machane Yehuda neighbourhood was built and the market continued to grow. Under British Mandate rule the market was given a make-over, permanent stalls and roofing were built and the new name caught on.

Emes Ve-Emunah

A World Untouched by Civilization

By Harry Maryles

The way of Meah Shearim is the way of the Mafia. Not civilization.

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Balabasta Nutty Summer Festival

By Jewish Press Staff

Just in time for its 100th birthday, the ever-evolving Machane Yehuda market has transformed itself once again, this time into one of Jerusalem's hottest summer cultural venues. On Monday nights throughout August, the shuk hosts "Balabasta" (literally, "come to the shop-stall"), a centennial carnival of sorts, complete with street performances, a collaborative wall-of-origami project, live […]

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Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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