"When your mother was 2 years old," says Chaim over the bar to the 16-year-old boy facing him, "she would sail with me in the ships, and she always wanted to drink the foam from our beer glasses. We let her, too."
In Haifa’s swiftly changing port, some bars keep their anchors firmly planted
The establishments along Haifa’s port, many harking from its heyday when seafaring was a more common trade in Israel, are both a reminder of the city’s past and a vital part of its present. But some are at risk of being swept away in a wave of gentrification.
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