TelaVivian, Vol 9: Fairy Tales Clash with Reality
Right and left wing Israelis worry about the future. Will it stay true to its liberal democratic ideals or will it become a bastion of extremists? Innocent or corrupted?

I. Cinderella meets Israeli Children
“What is this?”
Little M, as I call her, turned to me, cheeks impossibly flushed, her two year-old head exploding with excitement. Eyes popping.
“It’s a play,” I explained. “Sometimes it’s called theatre.”
That was all she could absorb in the moment. It had been a heady 90 minutes that unlocked a universe she hadn’t know…
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