Coronavirus spells a comeback for Israel's plucky grocery stores
Rami Yosofov hadn’t had a chance to sit down since the morning. At his small grocery store in Bnei Brak, customers were streaming in nonstop and he tried to give each of them personal service.
“How are you all doing?” he asked one. “I haven’t seen your wife in a while,” he told another. “Send her my regards and wish her a happy holiday.” Every once in a while he reverted to his native Russian, which comes in handy; his store is in the only non-ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of this Tel Aviv suburb.
