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Officials in Cape Town have welcomed the imminent addition of a TAP Air Portugal route to the city. The direct seasonal Lisbon to Cape Town service will operate three days a week and is scheduled to commence on November 11th. It will run until the end of March 2021. The service will operate on an […]
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It’s a healthy substitute for sugar, and a flavorful ingredient to add to many different dishes. Find out why silan has a place of honor in Israeli kitchens. A new trend in healthy whole-foods eating is using dates in place of highly processed white sugar. Dates are naturally sticky and sweet, making a passable substitute […]
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Travel technology startup Hotelmize announces Series B financing round led by Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and Brilliance Ventures. In a positive post-corona sign of life, Israeli travel tech startup Hotelmize announced that it has completed a Series B investment round co-led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, associated with e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. Founded in 2016, […]
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ticket sales have ended Thank you for placing your order for JOIN Israel: Young Leadership Israeli Wine Tasting. A Fundraiser for JOIN Day Camp on Thursday, April 2nd from 7-9 pm. Till then follow us on Facebook @JoinIsrael2day. If you have any questions, please reach out to Alex Schieber, Director of Development at alex@joinisrael.org JOIN […]
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Doctor and Author Jerry Bagel publishes a beautiful and raw tribute to his parents’ adversities in ‘The Numbers on My Parents’ Arms’ Dr. Jerry Bagel learned how to count by the numbers on his parents’ arms. He grew up listening to the traumatic stories that his father, Sam, and mother, Helen, endured during the Holocaust. […]
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Take the time to catch up on all the things you never get around to, whether binge-watching TV, making shakshuka or soothing your cracked heels. Stuck at home until you get the all-clear that you’re not a coronavirus carrier? Despair not. Annoying as it is, lounging around at home does have its upsides – you […]
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Activities, Blog

The eruv is due to be completed on Monday and will be fit for use this coming Shabbat. For the first time in more than half a millennium, an eruv, or Shabbat boundary, has been constructed in Portugal for the small Jewish community that still lives in the historic town of Belmonte. Although there are […]
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Israeli company 2BFresh exports ready-to-use microgreens to North America, Europe, and Asia – and not just for garnishing plates. Even Buckingham Palace is getting in on the act. If you’re looking for ways to improve your diet (and who isn’t in these coronavirus times), you don’t need to look much further than the fashionable microgreens […]
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The Mimouna Association, chaired by Mehdi Bodra, a graduate of Al Akhawayne University in Ifrane, was founded in 2007 by a group of students from the same university, with the main objective of bringing the younger generation to discover the Jewish community as an integral part of Moroccan culture, especially since most young people do […]
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Panama – The Chief Rabbi of Panama’s Jewish community, David Perets, said HM King Mohammed VI’s vision of promoting coexistence between different religions is “worthy of appreciation and emulation,” praising the Sovereign’s laudable and sustained efforts in this regard. In a statement to MAP on the occasion of an evening in the Panamanian capital to […]
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