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NEW to Sarasota/Bradenton/Lakewood Ranch of five-minute vid-
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or The Jewish Federation? eo tours created

since the start of the

among others, Ma-
Tali Friedman leading her virtual Feast Market Cooking Workshop pandemic include,
atelier in the heart of the market to sada, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem’s Jaf-
cook Mediterranean delicacies. fa Gate, Via Dolorosa, David’s Citadel
Friedman, who also chairs the and a rooftop tour of Jerusalem’s Old
Machane Yehuda Merchants’ Associa- City.
tion, says the pandemic has devastated Tour guide/educator Uri Feinberg
the market, where a typical day would also posted some five-minute Israel
see thousands of customers, both Israe- tours on YouTube, including one that
lis and tourists. brings you to Katzrin in the Golan
STAY Gadi and Amy Ben-Dov created a Vir-
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Monday, December 21, 2020 • 5pm Monday, January 11, 2021 • 5pm Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and
associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior
Via ZOOM
HOSTS: TOBY SIMON & SUSI STEENBARGER HOSTS: RONNA RUBEN & LEONORE TREIMAN to moving to Israel in 2007, she was
a specialty writer and copy editor at
a major daily newspaper in New Jer-
Come join us and meet Federation lay leaders and staff and most importantly, To register, visit sey and has freelanced for a variety
JFEDSRQ.org/events .com/jfedsrq 1984.
neighbors down your street. Breakout rooms organized by zip codes. of newspapers and periodicals since

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