Photos of the Day: The Migrant Churches of South Tel Aviv

The neighborhood around Neve Sha'anan Street in south Tel Aviv has become home to a community of African migrant workers and asylum-seekers. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

The rundown neighborhood around Neve Sha’anan Street in south Tel Aviv has become home to a community of African migrant workers and asylum-seekers. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

 

The new Roman Catholic migrant church in south Tel Aviv. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

The new Roman Catholic migrant church in south Tel Aviv. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

The entrance to a Charismatic church in south Tel Aviv. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

The entrance to a Charismatic church in south Tel Aviv. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

View of roofs of south Tel Aviv from Grace Covenant Gospel Church. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

View of roofs of south Tel Aviv from Grace Covenant Gospel Church. Photo: Evan Simko-Bednarski

Lead image: Young congregant in a migrant worker church in Tel Aviv (Kali Kotoski / The Land)