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Mashya

Co-owned by young hospitality hotshots Asaf Lees and Alon Fridman, this Tel Aviv fine-dining venue is taking the city by storm. The man in the kitchen is Guy Arish, a gourmet guru who completed his culinary apprenticeship at a Spanish Michelin-starred restaurant called Mugaritz.

Guy combines the cultural and chemical—including fermentation—aspects of food to produce stellar Mediterranean-style cuisine. To complete the chic Med theme, the soft-lit venue features sleek ceramic and metallic tableware, with lush vines draping over the walls.

The Salon

Famed for its delectable Israeli-Mediterranean cuisine, The Salon is another success story from acclaimed chef Eyal Shani. This renowned fine dining venue opens Wednesday and Thursday only to give Eyal time to focus on his other gastronomic pursuits. The ever-evolving menu is based entirely on the fresh produce he can find at the market that day—no two dining experiences are alike.

In this experimental endeavor, Eyal treats The Salon kitchen like a personal playground, concocting unconventional dishes based on classic Mediterranean products. Expect timeless ingredients like fresh tomato, fish, tahini, seasonal veggies and olive oil in each delicious dish.

Malka

Located in Tel Aviv’s Asia House, this business-friendly Israeli-Mediterranean eatery does a mean mash potato-filled schnitzel. Renowned chef Eyal Shani started the venture in collaboration with the Dualis Foundation, which trains at-risk youth to work in the hospitality industry—some graduates staff his tills.

The rustic chic venue serves superb kosher food, from spicy fish soup to succulent lamb kebabs in herb-infused focaccia. Don’t expect your dishes to arrive in a predictable order, however, as the concept restaurant serves its courses in the rhythm of the kitchen (and sometimes on cardboard/paper plates). Avant-garde? Perhaps, but the food is undeniably delicious.

Animar

Chef Hillel Tavakuli kick-started his culinary career in Paris and then moved on to cook at prestigious restaurants in London and Europe. After training at a three-Michelin Star restaurant, he returned to his homeland to take on a new challenge at Pastel, a well-regarded restaurant at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The esteemed culinary guru now prepares a buffet of delicious Mediterranean-Persian fusion dishes at his own venture, a high-end Tel Aviv haunt known as Animar. Seasonal ingredients and a personalized approach define each gourmet dish, with inspiration sourced from all corners of the Mediterranean. Save room for dessert because Hillel is a fully trained pastry chef.

The Chinese Wall

Brother-in-laws Yakov Yang and Rafael Shu run this low-key kosher Chinese restaurant in Tel Aviv. Yakov hails from a city in northwest China famous for its superb hand-pulled noodles, and he brings this culinary heritage to every steamy bowl.

A broad range of other authentic Chinese dishes is available, from steamed dumplings to sweet and sour pork. Wood tables and red lanterns evoke an oriental yet unpretentious vibe.

Muma Kubane shop

Leah Abushdid is the “Muma” behind this brilliant bakery in Tel Aviv. The talented grandmother has earned a loyal following for her legendary Yemenite kaunas. She serves these scrumptious sweet rolls from this cute café-like venue, where her pastoral past inspired the décor.

Tasty baked treats, cool nostalgic vibes, and a whimsical rural interior make this chic concept bakery a hit among the local set.

Gourmet Sabzi

Chef and owner Bijan Barkadi accomplished his lifelong dream upon opening this unassuming Persian restaurant in Tel Aviv. The exotic cuisine of his homeland is hard to come by in the city, so Bijan was thrilled to share his culinary traditions with the masses.

Bijan learned to cook from his mother at a young age, encapsulating the essence of his Persian roots. Come for big colorful plates infused with herbs, pomegranates, and enticing sweet and sour combinations.

Lavapiés Neighborhood

Lavapies is one of the most multiracial places of Madrid, where you can find a cultural variety of spectacles like Theatre, Classical and local cinema, monologues, paintings expositions into some cute bar or cellars. The neighborhood emerged during the Middle Ages outside the city’s walls. It’s been debated, but many say Lavapiés was once a Jewish quarter, with its hilly, maze-like cobblestone streets. Remains of a Jewish cemetery have been found in the area, and it’s possible that a synagogue once existed.

Beth Yaacov Synagogue

The Beth Yaakov Synagogue is a synagogue in Madrid, Spain. Jews began to return to Spain in the nineteenth century, long after the execution and movement of Catholicism throughout the entirety of Spain and established a synagogue in Madrid in 1917. After the Republican government was defeated by Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Catholicism was proclaimed the official State religion and the synagogues were closed. A number of Jewish families arrived from Morocco, and soon established informal house synagogues. The present synagogue was built in 1968, after passage of the “Religious Freedom Law” of 1967.

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Prado Museum

The Museo del Prado opened to the public on 19 November 1819 as a Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture. In 2019, we celebrated our Bicentenary, a commemoration that will reveal the path covered since 1819 until today. On this special occasion, we wanted to reflect on the future and the forthcoming challenges for this and the other great Museums of ancient painting: the need to attract social groups that traditionally are not attracted by the collections, to encourage gender and minority research studies or the challenges caused by overcrowding. Furthermore, for the following years the finalization of the Prado Campus is expected, adding the last building, the Hall of Realms, the old Buen Retiro Palace, an incorporation that will imply a rethinking of the current display of the collections. The activity plan for the bicentenary reinforces the usual programme of the Museo del Prado, insisting on the above mentioned aspects.

The building that today houses the Museo Nacional del Prado was designed by architect Juan de Villanueva in 1785. It was constructed to house the Natural History Cabinet, by orders of King Charles III. However, the building’s final purpose – as the new Royal Museum of Paintings and Sculptures – was the decision of the monarch’s grandson, King Ferdinand VII, encouraged by his wife Queen Maria Isabel de Braganza.The Royal Museum, soon quickly renamed the National Museum of Paintings and Sculptures and subsequently the Museo Nacional del Prado, opened to the public for the first time in November 1819.

For centuries, artists have drawn on Biblical themes and stories to depict their religious devotion, several of which depict Jewish life, and Judaism in general. The Prado Museum is full of artwork depicting Jewish life and Spain’s Sephardic past. One such masterpiece is the Las Meninas which shows the truth behind Diego Velazquez’s purported Jewish heritage.

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