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


Mahaneh Yehuda, mon amour

The level of mismanagement of the shuk has reached such a point that many people involved are becoming increasingly concerned about its capacity to continue to function as a bona fide market.

Mahaneh Yehuda

Latin flavor

Pepito’s brings South American street food to the shuk.

The choripan sandwich – Argentinean chorizo on bread with vegetables and homemade sauces

What do Israelis think about the prospect of longer weekends?

When asked at the market following the announcement that the Knesset signed a bill to give six Sunday’s in the year as an off-day, many Israelis were excited for the potential extra day of rest.

Mahane Yehuda shuk

Grapevine: Peace through humor

Mahaneh Yehuda shuk

Not your bubby’s day of rest

The Jewish Unity Project transforms the shuk into a Shabbat venue to remember

Shukshabbat, Art by Solomon Souza

Multiple walls, hundreds of stories

Infusing Mahaneh Yehuda with new life – one spray-paint portrait at a time.

Solomon Souza (right) and Berel Hahn, feeling at home in the shuk

Have a bite

Yalla Basta’s "shuk bites" cards offer an audio and tasting guide to the country’s marketplaces.

Jerusalem, Mahaneh Yehuda Market

Mainly meat

M25 is a new, no-nonsense haven for committed carnivores.

M25 restaurant

Ya’acov: The story of a shuk vendor

When you walk in to Ya’acov’s shop, called Azura, photographs of Mahaneh Yehuda’s glorious past catch your eye.

Ya’acov Nakash in front of Azura. An urn proffering hot sahlab takes a place of honor on the counter

Grapevine: It’s raining Chabad

News briefs from around the capital.

Chabad Rehavia sign