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Article: `Sin City' Goes Holy: Orthodox revival is under way in Tel Aviv, the
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- The Jewish Week
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- December 13, 1996
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Larry Derfner
The Jewish Week
12-13-1996
`Sin City' Goes Holy: Orthodox revival is under way in Tel Aviv, the heart of secular Israel.
Tel Aviv - With its sidewalk cafes and trendy boutiques, Central Tel Aviv's Sheinkin Street is the nerve center of Israeli Bohemia, Israel's answer to Greenwich Village.
But the sidestreets off Sheinkin reveal a "hidden" Tel Aviv. Overlooking a park in the middle of Sheinkin is Tel Aviv's Chabad Center, with its large yellow sign that reads, "Prepare for the coming of the Messiah." It is one sign of a substantial, and growing, Orthodox presence in the heart of secular Israel.
Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, director of the Chabad Center, estimates that there are 500 ...