Chapter 1, In The Army
1957 Uncle Rone, dad’s younger brother, gave me a big toy gun for my second birthday. The next day he took me with him to the army camp. It was his last day of his military service. Uncle Rone and his friend, Uncle Simon, decided to take me with them to Tel Aviv to celebrate their discharge and my birthday. Art by Sarah Tibi We drove in Uncle Simon's used new car, a secondhand Studebaker. I know because Uncle Simon let me drive it. I sat on his lap and held the wheel all the way from Beer Sheva to Tel Aviv. (I was a good driver. I could drive and eat at the same time. Sometimes I let go of the wheel and the car drives straight without my help.) Uncle Rone bought me for the road a “ Choco ” drink and “ Yoffy-Yoffy ” - a delicious fried dough dipped in sugar, and I love it. On the way, (which was a long way, because we left when the small hand was on 9 and the big hand was on 12, and we got to Tel Aviv when the small hand was a...