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"Jerusalem has woken up over the past five years," ex- plains 22-year-old secretary Shosh Abadi. "My married brothers and sisters keep ask- ing, 'Where were all the clubs when we were single?' For them, a night out on the town meant a trip to Tel Aviv." Until recently, Jerusalem was known as a city of cliques — of invitation-only house parties and intimate social gatherings. A typical night out, for those unable to afford the Jerusalem Theater's subscriptions, might include an intimate jazz or folk show at the tiny Tzavta or Pargod theaters, followed by a mixed grill at one of the unpreten- tious Oriental eateries in the shuk, or market district. Pubs, discos and the like were for the fleshpots of Tel Aviv and Eilat. Like almost everything in Israel, our story has its roots in politics. In 1987, a group of sharp-minded local politi- cians noticed a loophole in municipal Sabbath entertain- ment bylaws. Opening movie houses on Friday nights is of- ficially banned, cultural events are not. And so the Citizens' Rights Movement (CRM), among others, began inviting the paying public to a series of weekly "cultural events" — usually a five- minute lecture followed by a full-length feature film. (One one occasion, The Witches of Eastwick was preceded by a tongue-in-cheek soliloquy on psychic phenomena). But beyond making a political point, they set a precedent for entertainment-starved secular Jerusalemites. Faced with vociferous op- position from the Orthodox, the CRM took its case to a local district court where it won Jerusalemites the crucial "right to party." "Within a fortnight, five other cinemas opened for Friday night show- ings," recalls Ornan Yekutieli, a CRM city coun- cilman who now heads the Municipal Culture Department. Movies were just the tip of the iceberg. "More than 20 new pubs and bars opened over the next six months," Mr. Yekutieli recounts. "Aspiring young entrepreneurs opened all-night discos and dance clubs. The domino effect was unbelievable — it was if Jerusalemites had discovered the night." Supply could hardly keep pace with demand, as previously dormant revellers crawled out of the city's an- cient stonework. Two separate nightlife areas emerged — the historic Rus- sian Compound and nearby Nahlat Shiva neighborhood became the capital's publand, while the recently- constructed Talpiot industrial zone, transformed into its disco heartland. "Thousands of teen-age pilgrims began flocking to the discos," said Avi Morduch, owner of Talpiot's highly popular, cavernous Hanger disco. Instead of carloads of Jerusalemites heading down to Tel Aviv for the night, the reverse began to happen. Jerusalem is where the action is nowadays. "Suddenly, there was something vibrant about the capital's atmosphere," notes Ms. Abadi, who works in Tel Aviv but prefers to party in Jerusalem. "Jerusalemites can be crazy at times. It's as if they've been allowed to show their freakiness." Leaning against a trendy Tel Aviv after-hours bar, elec- tronic engineer-cum-budding rock musician Guy Raveh sighed when I brought up the subject. "Jerusalem — now that's where the action is nowadays. I would move there today if I could. Tel Avivians aren't as loose — they've become too preoccupied with putting up a show." His black- clad drinking partner could only shrug in agreement. Not everything is new, of course. Jerusalem has its more traditional nightspots, like the Cinematheque bar- restaurant, popular with students and tourists; the La Belle bistro-bar, visited most- ly by foreign journalists and unattached forty-somethings, the Tavern, catering to tourists and Anglo- Jerusalemites; Jan's Tea House, specializing in low- pitched conversation while squatting Bedouin-style on cushions; and the Red House in Motza which regularly hosts old-style sing-alongs.