Jerusalem Post – Think Israel, buy Israeli
The brand-new ACHI Market (achi613.org) is an online marketplace where 70+ Israel-based vendors can find new customers worldwide.
History repeats itself
During the Second Intifada, Monsey, NY resident Suzanne Weilgus felt a need to do something constructive to help Israeli merchants whose businesses were suffering from a lack of tourism. In response, she organized Ben Yehuda Fairs in Teaneck and in Monsey. Dozens of vendors who were hard-hit by the shutdown in Israeli tourism came to the US to sell their wares.