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…The New 60 The country and its food and wine have come a long way. Annabel Cohen Special to the Jewish News T here's one 60-year old that looks better than ever. Israel at 60 hardly resembles the scrappy land it was six decades ago. In many ways, this ancient land is extremely young. Officially part of Asia, it seems European and American is so many ways. The food of this small country is mod- em as well. There is every type of res- tauran...…
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