Traditional parades and markets are canceled, but Jesus’ hometown keeps things cheery.
Naama Barak
Hailing from northeast India, the Bnei Menashe community is said to be descended from the biblical Lost Tribes of Israel.
The Jaffa Fest will include a variety of content created for digital broadcasting in Hebrew, English and Russian.
“People think of Jerusalem as a city which is just fought over, but we are proving that it is a city of creativity,” said Erel Margalit.
Parents are preoccupied with four themes: parental hardship, coping strategies, remote schooling and the role of grandmothers.
“We listened to and we saw people who in their everyday life are transparent – and we saw them as people," Yakov Pizenberg said.
The Arab-Islamic history course is being taken by students from 20 countries across the Middle East.
“Handwriting changes according to a person’s character,” one expert says.