Monday 10 August 2009

Faces of the Post-Zionism in Israel

Or trying to explain to outside-of-Israel people that it is a normal post-Zionist life. Or at least, that there are more chances now than it ten years ago, for example.


What is Allenby 40

Allenby 40 is known as the sleaziest dance bar in Israel; but if you ask the owner, an Orthodox Jew named Mendy, he would say it’s not sleazy but liberating. So, what would a Jew who grew-up Chabad know about liberation? A lot, it seems. At Allenby 40, Orthodox men can gulp a beer and three chasers with their kippah on — guilt-free. And if the religious feel that way, you can imagine how the secular Jew gets down at Allenby 40. The decor is minimalist — just some walls painted flesh and a few dangling disco balls, but the DJs.

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