Book & Cook

Theatre became my new interest, after seeing how they made movies when I lived at the “Kibbutz” I kind of lost interest in movies. Seeing that the actors had to reshoot every scene so many times turned me off. What kind of actors are those if they can’t remember their lines? Theatre actors must act live in front of an audience. So, I decided to join the acting club at the school. “Would you please read this?” Asked Marcella the Director/Teacher. She handed me a poems book by Haim Nachman Bialik. I hate poems – I could never figure out what they’re all about and why. Yet, I read it out loud, pretty dry, I would say. Marcella still accepted me to the cast, and we started to work right away on a play depicting the life in Jerusalem before 1948. We sang and even danced. I finally got to dance at the school. I had no choice, I didn’t have to impress anyone, it was part of the play. I promised myself; next time I go to the basketball court on Friday night, I will dance. Yeah right! Anyway, b...

“I would like to introduce you to the new Mariners teacher,” Moshe Kotler the Vice Principal and our new class teacher said. “Zak. He is the former and director of the ‘Zevulun’ Youth Organization. He will teach you how sailors navigate and how to row boats. If you wish, you may join Zevulun and also learn to sail sailboats.” This was very exciting, except for one or two boys we were all very happy. The girls had some other activity – something to do with home keeping, I think. “I am not sure why the girls aren’t a part of this class,” said Zak, “my daughter is a very good sailor, but we would do the best of it.” “When are we going to go on the boats?” asked Sha’ul Shriber. “Next week.” “What do we do in the winter when it rains?” “Well, we will try to plan more indoor classes in the winter, but rain never stopped boats from sailing.” “Nice!”  The following week as soon as classes were over, we took a long walk to the “Zevulun” beach where the club was located. Zak showed us a few ...