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Possible, after you visit mashda. it's a restaurant in what looks like an idyllic village in the judean hills about twenty minutes from jerusalem. it feels like an alternate universe for a number of reasons. >> anthony: michal balanes is of jewish. jakob bahrun is muslim from a nearby village. they're partners, co-owners of mashda and also married. they're unsurprisingly friend's of yotam. together, they grow and raise much of what's used in their kitchen. their food reflects both their different backgrounds and their commonalities. >> yotam: we're going to spoil you now. >> anthony: yeah, her...

Fire roasting is they knead an unleavened dough over there with whole wheat, barley, plenty of really rich extra virgin olive oil. >> laila: and then they throw that into the pit as well where they dig a pit in the sand over there and that's fire baked. >> anthony: right into the coals? >> laila: yep, and then they mix that all together. [ speaks arabic ] >> laila: ah, this is a -- [ loud noise in background ] >> laila: so it's interesting because right now we're about what --35 minutes away from gaza city. uh, ask anyone in gaza city if they'd heard of this dish and -- >> anthony: no. >> lail...

Like provence, it's like italy, and we say, no, it's in jaffa. >> yotam: you like cochrin? >> anthony: i do. roasted tomatoes, okra? >> yotam: onion and mint. and that's all it is. and what they do a lot here is just char the hell out of it. so it's like, it really is, it's really smoky just from being in the pan over very high heat. >> yotam: it's so good together. >> anthony: so generally speaking, who lives in this area? mostly arab, ethnically arab in this particular town? >> jakob: muslims, yes. dyotam: only muslim. >> jakob: just michal, jewish. only jewish here. >> yotam: michal is the ...

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Kidshanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu. >> man: vetzivanu. >> anthony: vetzivanu l'hadlik ner -- >> man: so now, you're bar mitzvahed. mazel tov. >> anthony: mazel tov. thank you gentlemen. i've never felt so much like i'm masquerading as something i'm not. i am instinctively -- hostile to any kind of devotion. uh, certainty is my enemy. you know, i'm all about doubt, questioning oneself and the nature of reality constantly. when they grabbed hold of me in -- in a totally non --judgmental way -- essentially, you know, god's happy to have you, you know here you go, oh man you know, my, my treachery is ...