Netanya

It’s a great place to sit and watch the comings and goings of our fellow Israelis, spending their Friday morning on shopping sprees.

Netanya’s synagogues may, in sum, be seen as not merely functional places of prayer but also communal centers.

One of the most attractive aspects of the restaurant is that you can choose your dinner at the entrance from the very extensive English menu, and give your order direct.

We visited the Maree restaurant there recently, escaping Passover cleaning and preparation for a few blissful hours of great food and wonderful ambience.

For a people raised on gefilte fish and chopped liver, poke (which originated in Hawaii) is a very different kettle of fish.

Jerusalem Syndrome is first to oust the Ra’anana team from the top slot • set to play central Israel’s Element, the other top league team, on April 5.

There are plans afoot to open a meat restaurant not far from the Kuvsah with caravans, already in place, to serve a variety of meat dishes. There’s also a dance floor and a small stage.

Until you eat at Dudes, you can have no idea how many variations a simple hamburger can be presented in.

Demolishing eight buildings with 116 units, it aims to erect 1,000 new apartments in three towers and two 10-story buildings.