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PLAYCENT ER S
\__._wanes eventually among the
younger children; older boys and
girls may yearn for activities further
afield as soon as summer vacation
begins. Because Israel is blessed
with a stretch of coastline along the
Mediterranean, as well as beaches
on the inland Sea of Galilee and
Dead Sea and the tip of the Red
'JSea, playing on the beach and
swimming remains, as always, a
popular recreation.
During the summer, municipalities,
neighborhood community centers and
enterprising private transportation
1 companies provide trips to various
I beaches. These often pick up and
return parents and their children to
specified locations throughout the
neighborhood, thereby offering all
the door-to-door convenience of pri-
I vote cars - without the attendant
hassles of driving and finding a park-
: ing place.
Growing in popularity year by year
re the atraktziot,
1 water parks, that
I have sprung up
throughout the coun-
try. Some of these
I offer additional
i attractions aside from
giant slides, artificial
waves and kiddie
pools.
This year, a water
1. park not far from
;Jerusalem is advertis-
I ing a luna park, as
I well, complete with
crash cars, a giant
: carousel, flying air-
planes, roller coaster
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I and other heart-stop-
ping goodies. Amer-
1 icons often read of the sizzling years
I of the Great Depression, when fami-
lies used to sit in "refrigerated" movie
1 theaters for hours on end to keep
ccupied and cool. In modern Israel,
1 as in America, old-fashioned movie
I theaters have been replaced by air-
! conditioned mega complexes, often
in shopping malls, which offer an
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excellent way to entertain the children
for a few hours on an especially sear-
ing summer's day. This summer's offer-
ings for the little people, to date, are
Walt Disney's Mulan, Flubber.and
Mouse Hunt.
A visit to the mall itself has turned
into a popular summer excursion. Not
only are most malls air conditioned,
but many contain spacious food
areas or a plethora of restaurants that
feature every type of culinary treat for
boys and girls. Just as many have, in
addition to permanent activities for
children, special programs for the
summer. Between the logistics of
transportation, regular and special
activities, pizza or hamburgers at an
international food chain, and ice
cream or other assorted nosh to top
off the day, a trip to the mall can turn
into a costly, all-day experience that
is just as exhausting as a visit to the
beach or water park.
What do the malls offer? The
Jerusalem Mall at
Malha, the largest
shopping center in
the Middle East, con-
tains a food mall in
addition to restau-
rants scattered
throughout, a Discov-
ery Zone-like attrac-
tion called "Shvoong
Land"and activity
areas with toys for
very young children.
Special activities dur-
ing the month of July
have included a
puppet theater, magi-
cian and wheel of
fortune.
The Jerusalem
Mall is a popular stopping-off point
year round, due to its proximity to the
Biblical Zoo. Other Jerusalem malls
this summer are offering activities
ranging from performances by popu-
lar children's artists and Pirkei
Yerushalayim -- a Jerusalem boys'
choir, to clowns, puppet shows, and
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