May 14, 2009
There were two special broadcasts on tv today – the visit of the Pope in Nazareth, and the opening of the trial of our former president Moshe Katzav for rape. These rang together in sharp contrast for me. What the Pope is doing is giving the Christian minority some strength and comfort. What Katzav is doing in trying to prove his innocence is the opposite – taking pride from the people in trying to restore his own. I know it’s not fair – it’s like comparing apples and rotten tomatoes – but still it pains to see so blatantly what we are missing in a leader. (If i didn’t love Israel so much it wouldn’t hurt).
We spent part of this evening at Pappa’s – I know it is not the best evening to go there because it’s so crowded, but we lucked out and there was a lot of room so we could concentrate on the music, the fish, and our conversation. I went through the evening thinking I must have forgotten something else we should have been doing, but that was because it was just so simply pleasurable. Last night, for example, I had to read poetry at Helicon (which was fun) and Ezi represented the family at our friend’s dinner. And we don’t have another night free for the next week. That’s this season in Tel Aviv, day and night. There are more poetry festivals in Israel for the next month than I’ve been to in a year. Maghrar, Metulla, and the Poetry Place in Jerusalem, to name three. Don’t ask how I’m going to make it through.
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