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Jaffa Oranges -- Mehane Yehuda

Jaffa Oranges — Mehane Yehuda
2000, woodcut handprinted on Kitakata
edition of 20, 9 x 12 inches (image)
$260 (unmatted), $295 (matted)

In the open-air market stalls of Mehane Yehuda, where many ultra-Orthodox Jews shop, both men and women cover their heads. Shoppers are as likely to converse in Yiddish as in Hebrew, a language considered by some to be too holy for ordinary commerce.

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