Tel Aviv, Israel

Sailors and windsurfers enjoy the waters off Tel Aviv.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)

Tel Aviv’s colorful Carmel Market.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)

A cobbler fixes a sandal at a shop on Sheinken Street.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)

Jewish yarmulkes, or skullcaps, for sale at the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)

The historic Neve Zedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv is where new Jewish colonies settled as many immigrants arrived in the 19th century. It is now one of Tel Aviv’s trendiest neighborhoods.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)

Looking north along Hayarkon Street toward the new port of Tel Aviv.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)

On the beach in Tel Aviv enjoying a view of the Mediterranean Sea.  (Susan Spano / Los Angeles Times)