It isn’t pleasant to read the news about Israel from far away.  I know so much about what I read isn’t true, but some of the things Are true and I can’t defend it.

When they say that Tel Aviv is not picking up as well as other cities are, for example, I don’t have the statistics, but I know that the whole city has holes in it for the subway and it’s made the traffic impossible.  With all the wonders of the city, no one wants to drive in. 

This should all change in the course of a year when the city will blossom again.  I will probably avoid the trains but I’ll enjoy  driving through the city.  I can’t wait to walk through Allenby, wander down Rothchild, etc.  I’m sitting in a gorgeous neighborhood in Boston at the moment, and all that I can think of are the painted peeling walls of Tel Aviv and how the people have all built up their lives from nothing – pretty much nothing.  And they’ll keep picking up their lives no matter what.