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…