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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

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The Hanukkah House in Midwood, Brooklyn, is an annual tradition. (Courtesy)
December 25, 2024, 4:36 pm
As Hanukkah begins, here are 8 special activities in New York City
Events in the Big Apple over this holiday season include a Yiddish festival, menorah lightings, a pop-up bar and nightly concerts
By Lisa Keys
The Lehrhaus is inspired in part by Frankfurt's Jewish House of Free Study, where intellectuals of the early 20th century like Bertha Pappenheim, Leo Lowenthal, and Martin Buber lectured and learned. (Getty Images. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
August 21, 2022, 2:54 am
Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ – to study religious texts, drink beer
Combining the Old Country secular Torah study house and the kretshme, or Yiddish pub, the Boston Lehrhaus seeks to woo all denominations with food, cocktails and meaningful classes
By Jackie Hajdenberg
From left: Gyulane Farkas, Istvan Feher, Aron Feher and David Feher at Giero Pub, Budapest, May 16, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)
July 21, 2022, 3:57 am
In Budapest, an underground ‘Gypsy music’ pub plays on Jewish heartstrings
One of the Hungarian capital’s best-kept open secrets is Giero Pub, a small but charming basement venue with top-notch music – and a tragic family history marred by the Holocaust
By Yaakov Schwartz
An empty space on a liquor shelf where Russian vodka used to be located at The Sidetrack, a gay bar on the north side of Chicago, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
February 27, 2022, 1:20 pm
In North America, bar owners replace Russian vodka with Ukrainian
Purveyors of liquor in the US and Canada drop popular Soviet brands like Stolichnaya in favor of Ukrainian ones; ‘I thought I would put on sanctions as well,’ one bar owner says
By PAUL WISEMAN
A health worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine to an Israeli at a bar in Tel Aviv, on February 18, 2021. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
February 19, 2021, 4:57 pm
Care for a shot with your shot? Tel Aviv sets up vaccine station at local bar
As gyms, hotels open exclusively to those vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19, municipality tries to lure the unvaccinated with a cool vibe and free drinks
By Simona Weinglass
Israelis enjoy sitting at a bar in Tel Aviv on June 9, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 17, 2020, 1:06 am
Tel Aviv bars rebrand as synagogues to protest virus lockdown rules
Some venue owners are fuming that new restrictions will force them to close, even as dozens are allowed to congregate at houses of worship
By ToI Staff
Revelers celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 14, 2020, during an unofficial gathering at Tracey's Original Irish Channel Bar in New Orleans. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP)
March 16, 2020, 7:39 am
Party’s over: 4 US states close bars, restaurants over virus
Local governments in Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Washington and New York City among those to order shut down to promote social distancing, but not all states acting similarly
By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Man wearing a mask walks past closed a cafe in Jerusalem on March 15, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 15, 2020, 1:04 pm
Service industry reels as guidelines force restaurants, some stores to shutter
Owners lament new measures, say they should be allowed to serve up to 10 customers at a time, and more governmental help needed; many shops close altogether
By ToI Staff
Mouli and Edna Azrieli, the owners of Fink's, a legendary Jerusalem bar, now part of the 'London in Jerusalem' exhibit at the Tower of David Museum, open until December 2018. (Courtesy, Oded Antman)
May 30, 2018, 4:20 pm
Jerusalem visits ye olde British mandate era for a spot of nostalgia
Tower of David marks the centennial of English control in pre-state Palestine with two new exhibits
By Jessica Steinberg
An array of cocktails that will be on offer during Tel Aviv's inaugural Cocktail Week, May 27-June 2, 2018 (Courtesy Cocktail Week)
May 23, 2018, 3:35 pm
It’s all about spirits at Tel Aviv’s inaugural Cocktail Week
Buy yourself a wristband that lets you drink NIS 25 cocktails around the city, and you can learn how to pour ’em too
By Jessica Steinberg
A photo of Dubai's skyline with Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in the center, as the sun sets over Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on April 4, 2016. (AFP/Karim Sahib)
October 23, 2017, 8:32 am
Man sent to prison in Dubai for touching another man’s hip
Scottish electrician says he was just trying to steer through a crowded bar without spilling beer
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A bartender prepares a cocktail at Tel Aviv's Imperial Craft bar (YouTube)
October 7, 2017, 10:47 pm
Tel Aviv cocktail bar named best in Mideast and Africa
Imperial Craft also places 50th on definitive list of top alcohol joints across the globe
By ToI Staff
Hilal Tubi, one-half of the brother pair who created hipster spirit, Tubi 60. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2017, 2:25 am
Israel’s hipster drink Tubi 60 heads stateside
Made with some 60 herbs and fruit essences, the 80-proof elixir is making its way from the Jerusalem bar scene to markets overseas
By Jessica Steinberg
The alleyway outside Tasrir, a Middle Eastern bar in the Mahane Yehuda market that often finds itself in disagreements with its more traditional neighbors who don't want bargoers and loud music near their stalls (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 19, 2016, 12:03 pm
Jerusalem’s iconic shuk risks being overwhelmed by the bar scene that revived it
‘It’s not the Western Wall or Knesset, but we don’t want to ruin it,’ says deputy mayor Ofer Berkovitch, as he tries to rein in the gelaterias, pubs and restaurants that are replacing the fruit and veg stalls of Mahane Yehuda
By Jessica Steinberg
The colored sands at the crater, a great place for making one's very own sand art (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
February 17, 2016, 3:17 pm
In Yeruham, Israel’s smaller crater is big news
This southern development town is home to the falsely named Big Crater, sand irises and culinary queens
By Jessica Steinberg
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