'It's Better To Jump' Tackles Gentrification in Akka

The spelling and pronunciation that one uses to refer to one of the Mediterranean's oldest continuously inhabited sites are telling choices. Since the Crusaders, Western maps have labeled it Acre. There are artists, poets, and rappers; there is a heavyweight boxing champion and a couple of prof...

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Published inThe Daily Beast
Main Author Lerner, Matt
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC 20.11.2013
Subjects
Documentary films
Gentrification
Motion picture directors & producers
Israel
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Summary:The spelling and pronunciation that one uses to refer to one of the Mediterranean's oldest continuously inhabited sites are telling choices. Since the Crusaders, Western maps have labeled it Acre. There are artists, poets, and rappers; there is a heavyweight boxing champion and a couple of professional soccer players, a pair of earnest and highly-educated sisters, a school administrator, a young and charismatic restaurant owner.
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