Shuk

Tel Aviv’s Shuk Olim brings out dozens of immigrant entrepreneurs to showcase goods

“Every single booth has an oleh with a story, and they're selling their products from the small business that they opened here in Israel after their aliyah,” said Devon Conway of Nefesh B'Nefesh.

Shoppers browse goods at Nefesh B'Nefesh's Shuk Olim event in Tel Aviv. June 25, 2026.
A young couple, both IDF soldiers, walk through the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. December 25, 2024.

False reports of terror attack cause chaos at Jerusalem shuk

 “The Shuk Olim opens new opportunities for Olim, promotes their sales, and assists in their employment integration in the city," says Mayor Moshe Lion

Nefesh B’Nefesh and Jerusalem Municipality host inaugural two-day ‘Shuk Olim’

 The Market House Jaffa.

Market House Jaffa: A cool boutique hotel a stone's throw from the shuk


Navigating Mahane Yehuda shuk made easier with new street signs

Up until now, there were no signs with the name of the streets in the market, making it difficult to navigate the market.

New street signs were placed in the Mahane Yehuda market, October, 2020

This week in Jerusalem; A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

Israelis, wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus, shop for grocery at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on July 14, 2020. Israel has seen a spike of new COVID-19 cases bringing the authorities to reimpose restrictions to halt the spread of the virus

Back in the Shuk like coronavirus never even happened

I’ll be back soon, though.

SOME Shuk stores did not survive the lockdown period.

The mutiny at Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda shuk: When will it fully reopen?

A few shops here and there are open, according to the guidelines – like butchers, bakeries or the few medium-sized supermarkets scattered mostly on the main open-air alley.

A Mahane Yehuda worker is arrested during a protest by merchants because of the prolonged closure of the market due to the novel coronavirus.

The shuk and Israeli politics

“Bibi has forgotten where his most faithful supporters are. This decision will cost him at least two mandates at the next elections, I will see to that personally."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the shuk in Jerusalem to campaign for municipal elections

Pascale’s Kitchen - The all-new Afula shuk

Some visitors have even compared the new Afula shuk to Mahaneh Yehuda in Jerusalem and Shuk HaCarmel in Tel Aviv.

Afula Shuk

As the ‘shuk wars’ heat up, is Mahaneh Yehuda’s character at stake?

Some 140 years ago, Mahaneh Yehuda market – aka the shuk – was established on a plot of about 30,000 square meters.

FOR SHUK shoppers of all stripes, it’s business as usual in daytime – despite the appearance of the contentious yellow line

Art exhibition heads to Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda market

Jerusalem-born photographer Eyal Granit returns home with a first-of-its-kind exhibition

On of the photos in the series 'Vegetables and Still Fruits' by Eyal Granit.

Visiting the shuk can be a breath of fresh air from the world's news

With the news full of antisemitic attacks, Jews murdered, headstones in cemeteries overturned, a visit to the shuk in Petah Tikva provides a welcome reminder of Israel's uniqueness.

Color, sights and enticing aromas at the Petah Tikva shuk

Shuk street artist Solomon Souza takes his talent to Goa

Souza has deep roots in Goa, because his maternal grandfather, Francis Newton Souza, was born in Goa and became “the Indian Picasso.”

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market at night.