Nah, I’ll just stick with the past.  It was 11 years ago that some of us writers were invited to the Knesset to discuss the situation of literature in Israel.  Me, I’m near the opposite corner here on the four-table square.  

I was one of the many who gave a talk about their unique situations and the needs of all the writers.  An inclusive organization was proposed. 

I’d been in the Knesset a few times before.  Once a dozen writers sat with Shimon Peres to speak of writing in other languages.  After that he never missed an opportunity to speak with me, I once interviewed him, and I sent him all my books because he always wrote back detailed observations.   

I don’t think I’ve been back there since.