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I Went to Buy Tomatoes. I Came Home With Jerusalem.

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Yonah E
Jul 17, 2026
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You can learn more about Israel in two hours at Machane Yehuda than in a semester of Middle Eastern politics.

Forget the headlines.

Go buy a peach.

This morning I walked into Jerusalem’s market with an empty backpack and a shopping list for Shabbat. A few hours later I walked out carrying fruit, vegetables, wine, beer, fish, enough dairy to feed an army, a…

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